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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She brags of their world travels.
(b) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.
(c) She brags of how much money he makes.
(d) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.

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

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

5. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
(a) She cries.
(b) She takes off her hospital gown.
(c) She asks everyone to leave.
(d) She says she feels sick.

6. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Icy.
(d) Warm.

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

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

9. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels soothed.
(b) She feels confused.
(c) She feels she is being blamed.
(d) She feels something is wrong.

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

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

12. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) America.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

13. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A book launch.
(c) A friend's party.
(d) A gala.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?

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. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?

4. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

5. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?

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