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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 does Zikora call her father's second wife?
2. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
3. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
4. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
5. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
2. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
3. 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?
4. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
5. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
6. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
7. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
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. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
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
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 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 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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