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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 to tell Kwame or not.
(d) Whether or not to circumcise him.

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

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

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

6. How old is Mmiliaku's youngest when she calls Zikora from Nitel?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 16.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 6 weeks.

7. What does Zikora go to Planned Parenthood for when she is 19?
(a) An abortion.
(b) An annual exam.
(c) An STD test.
(d) Birth control pills.

8. 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 had a hysterectomy.
(c) That she owns two private schools in Nigeria.
(d) That she left her family to bring Zikora to America.

9. How does Kwame respond to Zikora's text telling him how far along she is?
(a) He tells her he is overjoyed.
(b) He tells her to leave him alone.
(c) He tells her it is manipulative.
(d) He calls her right away.

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

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

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

13. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?
(a) He tells her she made a decision that excludes him.
(b) He tells her it is the best thing that ever happened to him.
(c) He tells her it is going to ruin her life.
(d) He tells her he thought she never wanted children.

14. 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 eats because she is famished.
(d) She cries and wonders why she had him circumcised.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Zikora want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?

4. How does Zikora describe the woman she says she will never forget from Planned Parenthood?

5. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?

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