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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ask her mother the meaning of the word.
(c) Look up the word in the encyclopedia.
(d) Ask her brother the meaning of the word.

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

3. The author describes the word feminist as being what with "negative baggage" (8)?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Full.
(c) Loaded.
(d) Swarming.

4. What is NOT listed as one of the duties performed by the men who park cars in Lagos?
(a) Finding parking spots for drivers.
(b) Washing people's cars.
(c) Guiding drivers into parking spots.
(d) Looking after people's cars.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What name did the author decide to call herself after listening to the man advise her not to call herself a feminist?

3. The only TED Talk the author had given prior to her speech about feminism was called "The Danger of the Single Story" and focused on what topic?

4. What adjective does the author use to describe her reaction to the female academic's accusation that Western culture had infiltrated the author's mind?

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

(see the answer key)

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