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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her cellphone use.
(b) Her rude demeanor.
(c) Her fake eyelashes.
(d) Her long fingernails.

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

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

4. 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 unmoved.
(d) She is gentle.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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 told her she should live with them.
(c) She slapped her.
(d) She hugged her.

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

11. 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 says it is an example of why one should not settle.
(c) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(d) She brags of their world travels.

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

13. 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 Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(c) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.
(d) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?

2. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

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

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

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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