Zikora: A Short Story Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 68 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zikora: A Short Story Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) My pleasure.
(b) She can manage.
(c) Anything to help my child.
(d) She does not need an epidural.

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

7. 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 said she hates fish.
(c) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(d) She ignored the offered.

8. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?
(a) Aunty Nwanneka.
(b) Mama Uzo.
(c) Mama Nwanneka.
(d) Aunty Uzo.

9. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
(a) Ugochi.
(b) Udama.
(c) Ugonna.
(d) Uchenna.

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

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

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

13. 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 has been having an affair.
(d) She is moving back to Africa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

4. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

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

(see the answer keys)

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