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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
(a) She asks everyone to leave.
(b) She says she feels sick.
(c) She cries.
(d) She takes off her hospital gown.

2. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?
(a) An epidural.
(b) A drink of water.
(c) Her gown.
(d) Her baby.

3. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?
(a) Mmiliaku tells her men do not understand women's bodies.
(b) Mmiliaku tells her he is playing dumb.
(c) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.
(d) Mmiliaku tells her all men are evil.

4. Who does Zikora text after her son is born to say it is a boy?
(a) Her father.
(b) Donna.
(c) Kwame.
(d) Mmiliaku.

5. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?
(a) She says he looks just like Zikora.
(b) She congratulates her and says he is beautiful.
(c) She says it is a shame he will not have a father.
(d) She says he is too small.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

2. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

3. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

4. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?

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

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