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

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Icy.
(d) Warm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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