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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?

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

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

4. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Mmikliaku bring up when Zikora expresses her fear of having a child on her own?

2. What happens after Zikora calls Kwame several times following her texts to tell him she had a boy?

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

4. Who did Zikora tell about her first pregnancy and where did she go to seek help?

5. What does Zikora text Kwame after her 20 week check up, and how does he reply?

6. How does Zikora feel immediately following the birth of her son?

7. How old was Zikora the first time she got pregnant, and what was that relationship like?

8. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses confusion at Kwame's surprise that she got pregnant after having unprotected sex for so long?

9. What do Zikora and her mother say in regards to Zikora's son getting circumcised?

10. How does Zikora behave at work during her pregnancy and why?

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