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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was NOT one of the questions the man asked the author when he stopped her outside of her Nigerian hotel?
(a) What is the name and room number of the person you are visiting?
(b) Can you prove that you are a hotel guest by showing me your key card?
(c) Has your stay been a pleasant one so far?
(d) Do you know the person you are visiting in the hotel today?

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

3. 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?
(a) Because Louis is a man.
(b) Because Kene is a man.
(c) Because Okoloma is a man.
(d) Because she is a woman.

4. What genre of books does Mills and Boon produce?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Travel essays.
(c) Academic textbooks.
(d) Science fiction novels.

5. What action is NOT included in the author's list of things American women believe they cannot do if they want to be liked?
(a) Calling herself a feminist.
(b) Being aggressive.
(c) Showing anger.
(d) Disagreeing too loudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when the qualifying tests were given to determine the roles of class monitors?

2. The author describes Lagos as having more energy than what city?

3. 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)?

4. In what city does the author teach a writing workshop?

5. Wangari Maathai famously said that "the higher you go, the fewer" what "there are" (16)?

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