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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. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?
(a) By raising our sons and daughters differently.
(b) By learning as much as we can about feminism.
(c) By weighing each one of our daily actions.
(d) By resisting gender-based stereotypes.

2. The author laments the fact that society teaches girls to see each other as competitors for what?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Accomplishments.
(c) The attention of men.
(d) Accolades.

3. The author states that she knows an unmarried woman who does what when she goes to conferences so that she will be given respect by her colleagues?
(a) Wears a wedding ring.
(b) Makes pretend phone calls to her pretend husband.
(c) Brings a male friend with her to pose as her husband.
(d) Tells funny stories about her pretend husband.

4. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Mean.
(c) Bitchy.
(d) Unlikable.

5. In addition to being angry about the state of gender in today's world, what other emotion does the author say she feels about this topic?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Hope.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?

2. What percent of the world's population is female?

3. When the author describes a woman she knows who has the same degree and job as her husband, for the completion of what task does the woman always thank her husband?

4. The author states that in Nigeria, a Nigerian female walking into a hotel alone is automatically assumed to be a what?

5. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?

2. What does tAdichie present as the reason that women do not just "say no to all of this" (28) in relation to gender expectations?

3. How is the theme of language obscuring truth displayed within Adichie's mention of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

4. What instructions does Adichie include within her list of lessons society teaches girls?

5. What does Adichie state would be the effects of people living their lives free of gender expectations?

6. What is Adichie's stated reason for wanting to tip the young man who had watched her car in her absence?

7. In what way does Adichie describe the difference between prescription and description as they relate to gender?

8. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?

9. What is Adichie's suggested solution to the problem of boys and girls seeing money as being linked to masculinity?

10. How does Adichie characterize her feelings about her home country of Nigeria?

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