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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
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. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?
4. What does Mmiliaku call Zikora from Nitel to tell her?
5. What does Zikora want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Mmikliaku bring up when Zikora expresses her fear of having a child on her own?
2. How does Zikora feel immediately following the birth of her son?
3. What happens after Zikora calls Kwame several times following her texts to tell him she had a boy?
4. How old was Zikora the first time she got pregnant, and what was that relationship like?
5. What does Zikora text Kwame after her 20 week check up, and how does he reply?
6. How does Zikora behave at work during her pregnancy and why?
7. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses confusion at Kwame's surprise that she got pregnant after having unprotected sex for so long?
8. What does Kwame do with Zikora's apartment key?
9. Who did Zikora tell about her first pregnancy and where did she go to seek help?
10. What do Zikora and her mother say in regards to Zikora's son getting circumcised?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring moments of strength and weakness that Zikora experiences. In what ways is she strong? In what ways does she try to appear strong? When do her moments of weakness, either perceived or real, show through?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the ways in which Kwame's absence dictates Zikora's experience giving birth and as a new mother.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing ZIkora and Kwame's relationship to Mmiliaku and Emmanuel's relationship. How are they similar of different and why?
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