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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
(a) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?

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

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

4. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?

5. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

2. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?

3. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?

4. What does Zikora feel toward the nurse after she raises her eyebrows when Zikora's mother refuses to help keep her still for the epidural?

5. Who does Zikora think of when she becomes so tired she feels like she could die right there, and what happened to this person?

6. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?

7. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?

8. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?

9. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?

10. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?

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