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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(c) Because the father is not there.
(d) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.

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

8. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She is moving back to Africa.
(b) She has been having an affair.
(c) She does not love him anymore.
(d) She thinks she might be pregnant.

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

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

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

12. 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 it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.
(c) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(d) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.

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

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

15. 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) Her baby.
(c) Her gown.
(d) A drink of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?

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

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

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

5. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

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