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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) She said she hates fish.
(b) She ignored the offered.
(c) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(d) She said they already ate.

2. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The lawfirm.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) Her mother's home.

3. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
(a) She said she understood and apologized.
(b) She hugged her.
(c) She told her she should live with them.
(d) She slapped her.

4. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
(a) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.
(b) Because she did not tell her mother who the father is.
(c) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(d) Because the father is not there.

5. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She talks her through the pain.
(b) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.
(c) She is unmoved.
(d) She is gentle.

6. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
(a) He is not arrogant.
(b) He is not wealthy.
(c) He is rude.
(d) He does not dress well.

7. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
(a) Ugonna.
(b) Nwanneka.
(c) Chinyere.
(d) Mmiliaku.

8. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her cellphone use.
(b) Her fake eyelashes.
(c) Her rude demeanor.
(d) Her long fingernails.

9. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?
(a) Kali.
(b) Kwame.
(c) Kinah.
(d) Ugonna.

10. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
(a) She feels it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.
(b) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.
(c) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(d) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.

11. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

12. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
(a) St. Anne's.
(b) West Memorial.
(c) East Memorial.
(d) St. Luke's.

13. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She thinks she might be pregnant.
(b) She has been having an affair.
(c) She does not love him anymore.
(d) She is moving back to Africa.

14. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?
(a) A drink of water.
(b) Her gown.
(c) An epidural.
(d) Her baby.

15. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Nutty.
(c) Tasty.
(d) Fancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

2. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?

3. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?

4. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?

5. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

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