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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?

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 old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

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