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

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

3. What friend of Mmiliaku's writes a blog which Mmiliaku recommends to Zikora?
(a) Amaka.
(b) Malika.
(c) Kwame.
(d) Ammara.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. While nursing the baby after having him circumcised, what does Zikora do and why?

2. Who does Zikora text after her son is born to say it is a boy?

3. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?

4. What does Zikora say is not Kwame's "fighting tool" (13)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zikora feel immediately following the birth of her son?

2. How does Zikora behave at work during her pregnancy and why?

3. What story does Mmikliaku bring up when Zikora expresses her fear of having a child on her own?

4. What do Zikora and her mother say in regards to Zikora's son getting circumcised?

5. How old was Zikora the first time she got pregnant, and what was that relationship like?

6. What does Zikora text Kwame after her 20 week check up, and how does he reply?

7. Who did Zikora tell about her first pregnancy and where did she go to seek help?

8. What happens after Zikora calls Kwame several times following her texts to tell him she had a boy?

9. What does Kwame do with Zikora's apartment key?

10. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses confusion at Kwame's surprise that she got pregnant after having unprotected sex for so long?

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