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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?
(a) She confesses that she does not want the child.
(b) She confesses that Kwame does not love her.
(c) She confesses that she does not love her.
(d) She confesses that she has had an abortion.

2. What does Zikora want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Pregnancy and parenthood.
(d) Her relationship with Kwame.

3. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?
(a) What to name him.
(b) Whether he should be baptized.
(c) Whether or not to circumcise him.
(d) Whether to tell Kwame or not.

4. How does Zikora describe the woman she says she will never forget from Planned Parenthood?
(a) An Asian American woman with long, dark hair.
(b) An African American woman with short pressed hair.
(c) An American woman with short gray hair.
(d) An Eastern European woman with wavy hair.

5. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?
(a) Mmiliaku tells her men do not understand women's bodies.
(b) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.
(c) Mmiliaku tells her he is playing dumb.
(d) Mmiliaku tells her all men are evil.

6. Who does Zikora text after her son is born to say it is a boy?
(a) Donna.
(b) Mmiliaku.
(c) Kwame.
(d) Her father.

7. What does Zikora say is not Kwame's "fighting tool" (13)?
(a) Silence.
(b) Cheating.
(c) Condescension.
(d) Cruelty.

8. How many children does Mmiliaku have when she calls Zikora from Nitel?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

9. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) Facebook.
(c) FaceTime.
(d) AOL messenger.

10. Where does Zikora discover many men learn about women's bodies?
(a) Friends.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Pornography.
(d) School.

11. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?
(a) She realizes he looks like her mother.
(b) She realizes he is not nursing well.
(c) She realizes he looks like Kwame.
(d) She realizes she would die for him.

12. What does Mmiliaku call Zikora from Nitel to tell her?
(a) She is going to university.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has left her husband.
(d) She is moving to America.

13. What is one of the reasons Zikora is surprised at Kwame's reaction to her pregnancy?
(a) They have been having unprotected sex for some time.
(b) They have talked about having children.
(c) She did not expect him to be so happy.
(d) He tells her she got pregnant so he would not break up with her.

14. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?
(a) That her husband took a second wife.
(b) That she owns two private schools in Nigeria.
(c) That she had a hysterectomy.
(d) That she left her family to bring Zikora to America.

15. What does Kwame do with his copy of Zikora's apartment key?
(a) He mails it to her.
(b) He makes extra copies of it.
(c) He tells her to come get it.
(d) He refuses to give it back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora avoid eating when she first finds out she is pregnant?

2. What friend of Mmiliaku's writes a blog which Mmiliaku recommends to Zikora?

3. At what stage of her pregnancy does Zikora text Kwame from the elevator after her appointment?

4. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?

5. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?

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