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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.
(b) She brags of how much money he makes.
(c) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(d) She brags of their world travels.

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

7. 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 hugged her.
(c) She said she understood and apologized.
(d) She slapped her.

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) The lawfirm.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The hospital.

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

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

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

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

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