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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 about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her long fingernails.
(b) Her cellphone use.
(c) Her rude demeanor.
(d) Her fake eyelashes.

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

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

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) Warm.
(b) Icy.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Disappointed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?

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

3. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?

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

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

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