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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?
(a) Advocacy.
(b) Everyday actions.
(c) Money.
(d) Attitude.

2. What is NOT on the author's list of feelings that society teaches boys to fear?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Egomania.
(c) Fear.
(d) Weakness.

3. Though the author grants that boys and girls are different biologically, she claims that what practice "exaggerates the differences" (33)?
(a) Hierarchies.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Socialization.

4. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?
(a) Only with one another.
(b) With friends.
(c) With co-workers.
(d) With family.

5. For what reason can the author not attend the official meetings of her family?
(a) She no longer lives in the place of her birth.
(b) She voices too many controversial opinions.
(c) She is female.
(d) She is viewed as oppositional.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the man in Lagos's comment at receiving a tip, the author says she saw what "dawn on Louis's face"? (14)

2. What genre of books does Mills and Boon produce?

3. The author says that a dear friend of hers once told her that calling herself a feminist meant what?

4. What is NOT listed as one of the duties performed by the men who park cars in Lagos?

5. The author states that usually when a woman states that she has taken an action "for peace in [her] marriage" (31), it is because she has given up what?

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