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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zikora sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?
(a) Read Kwame's old texts.
(b) Working.
(c) Go on dates.
(d) Exercise.

2. 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.

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

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

5. At what stage of her pregnancy does Zikora text Kwame from the elevator after her appointment?
(a) 36 weeks.
(b) 20 weeks.
(c) 24 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

6. How does Zikora send money to Mmiliaku after she calls her from Nitel?
(a) Paypal.
(b) She mailed it.
(c) Western Union.
(d) Venmo.

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

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

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

10. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?
(a) She shares her favorite recipes.
(b) She writes about homeschooling.
(c) She writes about being single in a big city.
(d) She interviews men anonymously.

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

12. 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 tells her he is playing dumb.
(c) Mmiliaku tells her all men are evil.
(d) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?

2. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?

3. How many women work in Zikora's law office?

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

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

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