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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. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
2. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?
3. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
4. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
5. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Zikora was nine and went to see Aunty Nwanneka's new son, Ugonna?
2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the labor room?
3. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story," why, and what relative is with her?
4. 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?
5. What is the dynamic between mother and daughter at the beginning of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
6. How is Zikora's cousin Mmiliaku's husband Emmanuel described?
7. In what ways did Kwame seem different than most successful, Black men Zikora knew?
8. What do the nurses continually tell Zikora at the beginning of the story, which she feels they are blaming Zikora for?
9. Why does Kwame's reaction to Zikora's pregnancy surprise her?
10. How does Zikora interact with Dr. K when he first appears in the story and she tells him something must be wrong?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the similarities and differences between Zikora and her mother. What scenes best show these similarities or differences?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Zikora’s relationship with her mother. Use examples from the text to show how their relationship develops over time and how it represents the themes of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Adichie’s choice to tell the novel from first person point-of-view. Discuss how this point-of-view impacts the reader’s experience. Using direct examples from the text, explain why this point-of-view is or is not an effective choice.
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