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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Because Kene is a man.
(b) Because Okoloma is a man.
(c) Because she is a woman.
(d) Because Louis is a man.

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

4. The first time the author was called a feminist, she says that she could tell that the word was not a what?
(a) A secret.
(b) A compliment.
(c) A revelation.
(d) A piece of praise.

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

6. What two adjectives does the author use to describe the man's reaction to receiving a tip?
(a) Happy and grateful.
(b) Ashamed and apologetic.
(c) Suspicious and cunning.
(d) Wary and unsmiling.

7. The author's original TED Talk about feminism was given at Hi, a yearly conference focused on what?
(a) Social issues.
(b) Gender.
(c) Africa.
(d) Equality.

8. In what year was the author's original TED Talk about feminism given?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2012.

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

10. The only TED Talk the author had given prior to her speech about feminism was called "The Danger of the Single Story" and focused on what topic?
(a) Ageism.
(b) Sterotypes.
(c) Transphobia.
(d) Sexism.

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

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

13. What is NOT on the author's list of stereptypical beliefs regarding feminists?
(a) Feminists do not have a sense of humor.
(b) Feminists dress in unattractive clothes.
(c) Feminists do not wear deodorant.
(d) Feminists hate men.

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

15. What adverb does the author use to describe the manner in which the young men in Lagos help people park their cars?
(a) Gladly.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Hastily.
(d) Dramatically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does the author remember the man making as he advised her not to call herself a feminist?

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

3. What does the author say happens every time she tries to read a classic feminist text?

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

5. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?

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