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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The author describes her evolving feminist self-labels as being what?
(a) Hyperbolic.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Tongue-in-cheek.
(d) For her own amusement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?

4. After the qualifying tests were scored, the teacher said that all class monitors had to be what?

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

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