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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Disappointed.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Icy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She brags of how much money he makes.
(b) She brags of their world travels.
(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.

11. 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 talks her through the pain.
(c) She is gentle.
(d) She is unmoved.

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

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

14. 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 ignored the offered.
(c) She said she hates fish.
(d) She said they already ate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?

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

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

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

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

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