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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 brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
2. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
3. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
4. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
5. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
3. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
4. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
5. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
6. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
7. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
8. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
9. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
10. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay exploring "Zikora: A Short Story" through a feminist lens. What scenes or memories speak to the female experience?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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