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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 26-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author perform on the test meant to assign class monitors?
(a) She earned the highest score in the class.
(b) She earned the second-highest score in the class.
(c) She earned the third-highest score in the class.
(d) She earned the lowest score in the class.

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

3. The author states that she has never thought it made much sense to leave what crucial task in the hands of others?
(a) The ability to provide one's own happiness.
(b) The ability to clean up after oneself.
(c) The ability to nourish oneself.
(d) The ability to make oneself proud.

4. The author describes the city of Lagos as having almost how many people?
(a) 30 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 2 million.

5. The author states that women are instructed to always keep in mind that what aspect of life is the most important?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Children.
(c) Travel.
(d) Career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the position of the man who stopped the author at the door of her Nigerian hotel?

2. The first time the author was called a feminist, she says that she could tell that the word was not a what?

3. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?

4. The author states that the inhumane response of some Nigerians to the case of a recent gang rape was due to the fact that they have been raised to think of women as inherently what?

5. The author insists that in modern society, "we stifle the" (26) what of boys?

(see the answer key)

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