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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did the man hold who advised the author not to call herself a feminist?
(a) Theater owner.
(b) Editor.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Professor.

2. In what town did the author attend primary school?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Akure.
(c) Abuja.
(d) Nsukka.

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

4. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?
(a) Remaining safe.
(b) Making reservations.
(c) Finding a taxi.
(d) Finding parking.

5. How does the author describe the town in which she attended primary school?
(a) As a sleepy little town.
(b) As a farming town.
(c) As a university town.
(d) As a working class town.

Short Answer Questions

1. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?

2. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?

3. In what country did the author attend primary school?

4. 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?

5. The author says that she often makes "the mistake of thinking that something that is" what "to her is just as" what "to everyone else" (12)?

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