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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. Where does Zikora discover many men learn about women's bodies?
(a) Friends.
(b) School.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Pornography.

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

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

4. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?
(a) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.
(b) Mmiliaku tells her men do not understand women's bodies.
(c) Mmiliaku tells her he is playing dumb.
(d) Mmiliaku tells her all men are evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mmiliaku call Zikora from Nitel to tell her?

2. How does Zikora send money to Mmiliaku after she calls her from Nitel?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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