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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 sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?

2. Where does Zikora discover many men learn about women's bodies?

3. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?

4. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?

5. What does Mmiliaku call Zikora from Nitel to tell her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses confusion at Kwame's surprise that she got pregnant after having unprotected sex for so long?

2. What does Kwame do with Zikora's apartment key?

3. How does Zikora feel immediately following the birth of her son?

4. How old was Zikora the first time she got pregnant, and what was that relationship like?

5. What does Zikora text Kwame after her 20 week check up, and how does he reply?

6. What happens after Zikora calls Kwame several times following her texts to tell him she had a boy?

7. How does Zikora behave at work during her pregnancy and why?

8. Who did Zikora tell about her first pregnancy and where did she go to seek help?

9. What do Zikora and her mother say in regards to Zikora's son getting circumcised?

10. What story does Mmikliaku bring up when Zikora expresses her fear of having a child on her own?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring "Zikora: A Short Story" through a feminist lens. What scenes or memories speak to the female experience?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay describing the imagery used in “Zikora: A Short Story.” Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

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