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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is NOT listed as one of the duties performed by the men who park cars in Lagos?
(a) Guiding drivers into parking spots.
(b) Looking after people's cars.
(c) Washing people's cars.
(d) Finding parking spots for drivers.

3. What job did the man hold who advised the author not to call herself a feminist?
(a) Professor.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Theater owner.
(d) Editor.

4. From what source does the author say the man in Lagos had believed that all her money had originated?
(a) From family inheritance.
(b) From Louis.
(c) From her husband.
(d) From prostitution.

5. What superlative adjective does the author use to describe the city of Lagos?
(a) Largest.
(b) Poorest.
(c) Smallest.
(d) Richest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes the city of Lagos as having almost how many people?

2. Whom did the man in Lagos thank for the tip given to him by the author?

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

4. How much money did the author give as a tip to the man in Lagos?

5. The author describes the word feminist as being what with "negative baggage" (8)?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what source was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay We Should All Be Feminists adapted?

2. What is ironic about Adichie's revelation that she read "every single Mills and Boon romance published" (8) before she was 16?

3. How would you characterize Adichie's relationship with Okoloma?

4. How does Adichie employ self-deprecating humor in her anecdote about the Nigerian journalist?

5. What is the underlying meaning behind Adichie's statement that "feminism was un-African"? (8)

6. What is ironic about the teacher's statement that the class monitor of course had to be a boy and that she had thought this fact would be "obvious" (10)?

7. How does Adichie describe the boy who was awarded the role of class monitor and do her revelations depict her message about focusing on interest and ability rather than on gender?

8. What is the symbolism of the cane in the anecdote about the class monitor?

9. What is Adichie's reaction to the journalist's criticism of her novel and how does it display themes inherent to the essay?

10. What were the duties of the class monitor at Adichie's primary school?

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