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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man who advised the author not to call herself a feminist confided in her that people were saying her novel was what?
(a) Sexist.
(b) Misogynistic.
(c) Feminist.
(d) Preachy.

2. The female academic told the author that the author was only calling herself a feminist because she had been influenced by what?
(a) Western books.
(b) Western movies.
(c) Western newspapers.
(d) Western magazines.

3. The author says that a dear friend of hers once told her that calling herself a feminist meant what?
(a) That she was probably gay.
(b) That she was too pretty for such a label.
(c) That she was too political for her own good.
(d) That she hated men.

4. The author describes her evolving feminist self-labels as being what?
(a) Tongue-in-cheek.
(b) For her own amusement.
(c) Hyperbolic.
(d) Ironic.

5. What name did the author decide to call herself after listening to the man advise her not to call herself a feminist?
(a) A Discerning Feminist.
(b) A Jolly Feminist.
(c) A Pretty Feminist.
(d) A Happy Feminist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that at some point, she added to her feminist label the words "Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and" what "for Herself and Not For Men" (8)?

2. What detail of Okoloma's method of dress is remembered vividly by the author?

3. The author says that the first time she was called a feminist, the speaker's tone had been the same tone a person would use to accuse someone of being a what?

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?

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

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