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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say happens every time she tries to read a classic feminist text?
(a) She prays that her daughters will thrive.
(b) She thinks of her female ancestors.
(c) She gets bored and struggles to finish.
(d) She gets inspired and cannot wait to read another one.

2. What was the title of the author's first novel?
(a) Half of a Yellow Sun.
(b) Purple Hibiscus.
(c) Americanah.
(d) For Love of Biafra.

3. What percent of the world's population is female?
(a) 50%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 46%.
(d) 48%.

4. What detail of Okoloma's method of dress is remembered vividly by the author?
(a) Okoloma wore a dashiki.
(b) Okoloma wore a bolo tie.
(c) Okoloma wore an ascot.
(d) Okoloma wore cowboy boots.

5. What name did the author decide to call herself after being accused by the female academic of having been influenced by Western culture?
(a) A Discerning African Feminist.
(b) An African Feminist.
(c) A Happy African Feminist.
(d) A Jolly African Feminist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that the group of young men in Lagos make a business out of finding parking spots, even when what condition is met?

2. In what area of her country was the author's primary school located?

3. What does the author say about the class monitor incident?

4. The author explains that many men in Nigeria have been "raised to expect so little of men that the idea of men as savage beings with no self-control is somehow" (31) what?

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

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