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

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

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

4. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The lawfirm.
(c) Her mother's home.
(d) Her apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

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

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

4. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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