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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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