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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
(a) Tasty.
(b) Nutty.
(c) Cookie.
(d) Fancy.

2. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
(a) He is rude.
(b) He is not arrogant.
(c) He does not dress well.
(d) He is not wealthy.

3. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?
(a) Canada.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) New Zealand.

4. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
(a) St. Anne's.
(b) West Memorial.
(c) East Memorial.
(d) St. Luke's.

5. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
(a) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(b) Because the father is not there.
(c) Because she did not tell her mother who the father is.
(d) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?

2. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

3. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?

4. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?

5. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

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