1. 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) Dramatically.
(c) Hastily.
(d) Slowly.

2. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Bitchy.
(c) Mean.
(d) Unlikable.

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

4. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?
(a) Attract or please men.
(b) Settle.
(c) Be submissive.
(d) Manipulate and abuse other women.

5. What was NOT one of the duties assigned to a class monitor?
(a) To patrol the class for noisemakers.
(b) To write the names of noisemakers.
(c) To hold a cane.
(d) To hit distracted children with a cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that usually when a man states that he has taken an action "for peace in [his] marriage" (31), it is because he has given up what?

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

3. Of everyone in the author's family, who is the one most interested in her family's ancestral lands and their traditions?

4. In what year did the author write her first novel?

5. What name did the author decide to call herself after listening to the man advise her not to call herself a feminist?

(see the answer key)

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