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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did the author decide to call herself after listening to the man advise her not to call herself a feminist?
(a) A Discerning Feminist.
(b) A Happy Feminist.
(c) A Pretty Feminist.
(d) A Jolly Feminist.

2. After the qualifying tests were scored, the teacher said that all class monitors had to be what?
(a) Punctual.
(b) Polite.
(c) Male.
(d) Studious.

3. In what area of her country was the author's primary school located?
(a) Northeastern.
(b) Northwestern.
(c) Southeastern.
(d) Southwestern.

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

5. In what town did the author attend primary school?
(a) Abuja.
(b) Akure.
(c) Nsukka.
(d) Lagos.

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

7. About what issue had the author and Okoloma been arguing when he named her as a feminist?
(a) Career opportunities.
(b) Pay inequality.
(c) The practice of holding the door open for another person.
(d) The author does not recall the subject of the argument.

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

9. What was Louis's reaction to the man's words after receiving his tip?
(a) He was surprised.
(b) He was proud.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was amused.

10. The author describes the word feminist as being what with "negative baggage" (8)?
(a) Full.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Loaded.
(d) Swarming.

11. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

13. When the man advised the author not to call herself a feminist, he said that feminists are women who are unhappy because of what reason??
(a) Because they cannot find husbands.
(b) Because they are weaker than men.
(c) Because they cannot control men.
(d) Because they have fewer job opportunities than men.

14. The author says that Okoloma always looked after her like a what?
(a) Like a father.
(b) Like a best friend.
(c) Like a husband.
(d) Like a big brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?

2. 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?

3. Lagos is described as being what type of hub within the country?

4. The author's original TED Talk about feminism was given at Hi, a yearly conference focused on what?

5. What job did the man hold who advised the author not to call herself a feminist?

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