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

2. 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 thinks she might be pregnant.
(d) She does not love him anymore.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) Anything to help my child.
(b) She does not need an epidural.
(c) My pleasure.
(d) She can manage.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?

5. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

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