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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 did Zikora's mother say when her husband's second wife offered them fish and plantains when they came to visit the new baby?
2. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
3. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
4. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
5. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
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. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
5. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
6. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
7. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
8. Who does Zikora think of when she becomes so tired she feels like she could die right there, and what happened to this person?
9. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
10. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of “Zikora: A Short Story.” How did the ending impact your understanding of the story? Do you think the ending was effective? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing Kwame to Zikora's father. How are they the same? What memories from the story show these similarities?
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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