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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. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
2. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
3. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
4. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
5. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
3. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
4. Who does Zikora think of when she becomes so tired she feels like she could die right there, and what happened to this person?
5. 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?
6. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
7. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
8. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
9. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
10. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the imagery used in “Zikora: A Short Story.” Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the story. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme?
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