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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say about the class monitor incident?
(a) The teacher had apologized to her later.
(b) She has never stopped being furious about it.
(c) She has never forgotten it.
(d) It illustrates skewed gender norms.

2. After the qualifying tests were scored, the teacher said that all class monitors had to be what?
(a) Polite.
(b) Studious.
(c) Punctual.
(d) Male.

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

4. Because the author had not known what the word feminist meant the first time it was applied to her, she planned to do what the moment she arrived home?
(a) Look up the word in the dictionary.
(b) Look up the word in the encyclopedia.
(c) Ask her mother the meaning of the word.
(d) Ask her brother the meaning of the word.

5. What does the author give as the reason for why the man in Lagos had believed what he had about the source of the author's money?
(a) Because Okoloma is a man.
(b) Because Louis is a man.
(c) Because Kene is a man.
(d) Because she is a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes her dear friend Louis as a "brilliant" and what kind of man?

2. Lagos is described as being what type of hub within the country?

3. About what issue had the author and Okoloma been arguing when he named her as a feminist?

4. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?

5. The author says that "if we do something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?

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