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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 is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
2. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
3. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
4. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
5. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
2. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
3. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
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. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
6. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
7. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
8. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
9. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with 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
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on the theme of abandonment in "Zikora: A Short Story" using evidence from the story to develop your essay.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in "Zikora: A Short Story.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the short story’s themes.
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