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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 distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
(a) Chinyere.
(b) Ugonna.
(c) Mmiliaku.
(d) Nwanneka.

2. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She has been having an affair.
(b) She is moving back to Africa.
(c) She does not love him anymore.
(d) She thinks she might be pregnant.

3. What did Zikora's mother say when her husband's second wife offered them fish and plantains when they came to visit the new baby?
(a) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(b) She said she hates fish.
(c) She ignored the offered.
(d) She said they already ate.

4. How does Zikora describe the woman she says she will never forget from Planned Parenthood?
(a) An Asian American woman with long, dark hair.
(b) An American woman with short gray hair.
(c) An African American woman with short pressed hair.
(d) An Eastern European woman with wavy hair.

5. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She brags of their world travels.
(b) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.
(c) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(d) She brags of how much money he makes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?

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

3. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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