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

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

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 they already ate.
(b) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(c) She said she hates fish.
(d) She ignored the offered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?

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

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

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

5. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?

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