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

2. 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).

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author's first novel was about a man who did what?

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

3. What adverb does the author use to describe the manner in which the young men in Lagos help people park their cars?

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

5. What two adjectives does the author use to describe the man's reaction to receiving a tip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Adichie's purpose for waiting until the end of the anecdote to reveal that she was not allowed to be class monitor since she was a girl?

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

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

4. What was the topic of Adichie's previous talk entitled "The Danger of the Single Story" (3)?

5. How does the theme of perspective reemerge within Adichie's anecdote about her friend Louis?

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

7. What is Adichie's purpose for using the second person point of view within her list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?

8. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?

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

10. How is the device of repetition employed within Adichie's list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?

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