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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the man in Lagos's comment at receiving a tip, the author says she saw what "dawn on Louis's face"? (14)
(a) Comprehension.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Realization.
(d) Understanding.

2. From what location did the author pull out the money when tipping the man in Lagos?
(a) From her glove compartment.
(b) From her pocket.
(c) From her bag.
(d) From Louis's wallet.

3. How old was the author when she was first referred to as a feminist?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 21.

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

5. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?
(a) With family.
(b) With friends.
(c) With co-workers.
(d) Only with one another.

6. 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)?
(a) Unjust.
(b) Clear.
(c) Right.
(d) Obvious.

7. Whom does the author name as being the first person to call her a feminist?
(a) Kene.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Okoloma.
(d) Louis.

8. The author says that the first time she was called a feminist, the speaker's tone had been the same tone a person would use to accuse someone of being a what?
(a) A treehugger.
(b) A supporter of the death penalty.
(c) A supporter of terrorism.
(d) A vegetarian.

9. In what country did the author attend primary school?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Zambia.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Zimbabwe.

10. Whom did the man in Lagos thank for the tip given to him by the author?
(a) Louis.
(b) The author.
(c) Okoloma.
(d) Kene.

11. What type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) A combination of second and first person.
(d) Third person.

12. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?
(a) "Thank you, sah!" (14).
(b) "God bless you both" (14).
(c) "Is this it?" (14).
(d) "I appreciate this very much, ma'am" (14).

13. The author says that a dear friend of hers once told her that calling herself a feminist meant what?
(a) That she was too political for her own good.
(b) That she hated men.
(c) That she was too pretty for such a label.
(d) That she was probably gay.

14. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?
(a) Unladylike.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A birthright.
(d) Un-African.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the author write her first novel?

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

4. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?

5. The author describes Lagos as having more entrepreneurial spirit than what city?

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