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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 word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
2. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
3. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
4. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?
5. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
2. 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?
3. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
4. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
5. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
6. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
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. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
10. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Write an essay on the theme of rejection in "Zikora: A Short Story." Which characters experience rejection and how do they manage or endure their rejection?
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