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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When an acquaintance attacked the author's article, saying that it was too angry, the article had focused on the nature of being what two qualities while living in Lagos?
(a) Young and female.
(b) Strong and female.
(c) Poor and unemployed.
(d) Weak and oppressed.

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

4. 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.

5. The author states that the most famous cooks in the world are given the "fancy title of" (33) what?
(a) Preparateur.
(b) Chef.
(c) Maitre d'.
(d) Sous chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre of books does Mills and Boon produce?

2. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?

3. The author says that "if we do something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?

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

5. The author describes her dear friend Louis as a "brilliant" and what kind of man?

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