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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?

2. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?

3. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?

4. Who does Zikora think of when she becomes so tired she feels like she could die right there, and what happened to this person?

5. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?

6. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?

7. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?

8. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

9. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?

10. 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?

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