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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 brags of how much money he makes.
(d) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. 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 soothed.
(c) She feels something is wrong.
(d) She feels confused.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

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

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

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

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

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