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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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 they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(d) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

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

5. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

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