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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. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
2. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
3. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
4. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
5. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
3. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
4. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
5. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
6. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
7. Who does Zikora think of when she becomes so tired she feels like she could die right there, and what happened to this person?
8. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
9. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
10. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Zikora experiences personal changes throughout "Zikora: A Short Story." In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? How do these changes develop the themes of the story?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on Zikora's mother's belief in self dignity in "Zikora: A Short Story." What is her definition of dignity and how does this impact Zikora?
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