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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?
(a) She says he is too small.
(b) She says it is a shame he will not have a father.
(c) She congratulates her and says he is beautiful.
(d) She says he looks just like Zikora.

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

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

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

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

14. 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 love her.
(c) She confesses that she does not want the child.
(d) She confesses that she has had an abortion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the reasons Zikora is surprised at Kwame's reaction to her pregnancy?

2. Where does Zikora discover many men learn about women's bodies?

3. How many children does Mmiliaku have when she calls Zikora from Nitel?

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

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

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