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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 told her she should live with them.
(b) She slapped her.
(c) She hugged her.
(d) She said she understood and apologized.

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) A drink of water.
(b) Her baby.
(c) Her gown.
(d) An epidural.

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

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

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

6. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?
(a) Mama Uzo.
(b) Mama Nwanneka.
(c) Aunty Uzo.
(d) Aunty Nwanneka.

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

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

9. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
(a) West Memorial.
(b) East Memorial.
(c) St. Luke's.
(d) St. Anne's.

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

11. 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) She can manage.
(c) My pleasure.
(d) Anything to help my child.

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

5. 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?

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