Zikora: A Short Story Test | Final Test - Medium

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 68 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zikora: A Short Story Test | Final Test - Medium

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 68 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where does Zikora discover many men learn about women's bodies?
(a) School.
(b) Friends.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Their parents.

2. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?
(a) That she left her family to bring Zikora to America.
(b) That she owns two private schools in Nigeria.
(c) That her husband took a second wife.
(d) That she had a hysterectomy.

3. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?
(a) Mmiliaku tells her he is playing dumb.
(b) Mmiliaku tells her men do not understand women's bodies.
(c) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.
(d) Mmiliaku tells her all men are evil.

4. What does Zikora go to Planned Parenthood for when she is 19?
(a) An annual exam.
(b) An STD test.
(c) An abortion.
(d) Birth control pills.

5. What does Zikora sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?
(a) Go on dates.
(b) Read Kwame's old texts.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Working.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Mmiliaku's writes a blog which Mmiliaku recommends to Zikora?

2. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?

3. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?

4. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?

5. At what stage of her pregnancy does Zikora text Kwame from the elevator after her appointment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Zikora tell about her first pregnancy and where did she go to seek help?

2. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses confusion at Kwame's surprise that she got pregnant after having unprotected sex for so long?

3. How does Zikora behave at work during her pregnancy and why?

4. What happens after Zikora calls Kwame several times following her texts to tell him she had a boy?

5. What does Kwame do with Zikora's apartment key?

6. What do Zikora and her mother say in regards to Zikora's son getting circumcised?

7. What does Zikora text Kwame after her 20 week check up, and how does he reply?

8. How old was Zikora the first time she got pregnant, and what was that relationship like?

9. How does Zikora feel immediately following the birth of her son?

10. What story does Mmikliaku bring up when Zikora expresses her fear of having a child on her own?

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