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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A gala.
(b) A book launch.
(c) A friend's party.
(d) A wedding.

3. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

4. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Warm.
(d) Icy.

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

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

7. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
(a) Uchenna.
(b) Udama.
(c) Ugonna.
(d) Ugochi.

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

9. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?
(a) Ugonna.
(b) Kinah.
(c) Kwame.
(d) Kali.

10. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
(a) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(b) She feels it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.
(c) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.
(d) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.

11. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She is gentle.
(b) She is unmoved.
(c) She talks her through the pain.
(d) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.

12. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels she is being blamed.
(b) She feels something is wrong.
(c) She feels confused.
(d) She feels soothed.

13. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) She does not need an epidural.
(b) Anything to help my child.
(c) She can manage.
(d) My pleasure.

14. 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 baby.
(d) Her gown.

15. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
(a) She hugged her.
(b) She slapped her.
(c) She said she understood and apologized.
(d) She told her she should live with them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?

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?

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

5. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?

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