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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 distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
3. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
4. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?
5. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
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. 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. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
4. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
5. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
6. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
7. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
8. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
9. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
10. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the theme of abandonment in "Zikora: A Short Story" using evidence from the story to develop your essay.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay about the theme of pain and suffering in "Zikora: A Short Story." Use examples from the text to expound on this theme.
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