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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women work in Zikora's law office?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. While nursing the baby after having him circumcised, what does Zikora do and why?
(a) She calls Kwame because she misses him.
(b) She nods off because she is exhausted.
(c) She cries and wonders why she had him circumcised.
(d) She eats because she is famished.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

2. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

3. How does Kwame respond to Zikora's text telling him how far along she is?

4. What does Zikora go to Planned Parenthood for when she is 19?

5. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?

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