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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?
(a) AOL messenger.
(b) Letter writing.
(c) FaceTime.
(d) Facebook.

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

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

5. 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 African American woman with short pressed hair.
(d) An American woman with short gray hair.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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 he is playing dumb.
(c) Mmiliaku tells her men do not understand women's bodies.
(d) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. What does Zikora avoid eating when she first finds out she is pregnant?
(a) Sushi.
(b) Deli Meat.
(c) Steak.
(d) Cheese.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Kwame do with his copy of Zikora's apartment key?

4. What does Zikora sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?

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

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