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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states unequivocally that society spends too much time teaching girls to worry about what?
(a) Their appearance.
(b) What other girls think of them.
(c) Their future husbands.
(d) What boys think of them.

2. What was Louis's reaction to the man's words after receiving his tip?
(a) He was surprised.
(b) He was amused.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was proud.

3. A century ago, what did the people of the Igbo culture do when twins were born?
(a) They killed them.
(b) They raised the twins communally.
(c) They celebrated for twenty days and nights.
(d) They prayed for mercy.

4. The author recalls when her friend Louis told her, "Everything is" what "now for women"? (12)
(a) Fair.
(b) Equal.
(c) Fine.
(d) Good.

5. Wangari Maathai famously said that "the higher you go, the fewer" what "there are" (16)?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Ignorant people.
(c) Women.
(d) Restrictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author meet Okoloma?

2. The author describes the city of Lagos as having almost how many people?

3. How old was the author when she was first referred to as a feminist?

4. The author states that she has learned "a lot about systems of oppression and how they can be blind to one another by talking to" (43) what kind of men?

5. What is NOT one of the adjectives the author uses to describe the suit she wore on her first day of teaching?

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