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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
2. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
3. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
4. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
5. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Zikora think of when she becomes so tired she feels like she could die right there, and what happened to this person?
2. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
3. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
4. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
5. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
6. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
7. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
8. 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?
9. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
10. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Zikora’s relationship with her mother. Use examples from the text to show how their relationship develops over time and how it represents the themes of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the story. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about changing tone in "ZIkora: A Short Story." What moments does the tone change? What is the tone during flashbacks with Kwame versus the hospital or home? How or why does the tone change in these moments?
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