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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 the story of her friend who had felt slighted by her boss in a meeting and had wanted to challenge him, but had instead taken what action?
(a) She had called the author in order to vent.
(b) She had filed an anonymous complaint.
(c) She had gone home and cried.
(d) She had resigned.

2. The author states that the most famous cooks in the world are given the "fancy title of" (33) what?
(a) Preparateur.
(b) Sous chef.
(c) Chef.
(d) Maitre d'.

3. The author asks that the reader begin to dream about and plan for "a world of happier men and happier women" who are more what?
(a) Aware of their own actions.
(b) True to themselves.
(c) Satisfied with their lives.
(d) Willing to make changes in the world.

4. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?
(a) Upset.
(b) Invisible.
(c) Inhuman.
(d) Relieved.

5. One of the participants in the author's writing workshop had been told by a friend not to do what?
(a) To share her personal feelings with the author.
(b) To tell her husband about her enrollment in the workshop.
(c) To listen to the author's feminist ideas.
(d) To talk to the author after the end of the workshop.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the inhumane response of some Nigerians to the case of a recent gang rape was due to the fact that they have been raised to think of women as inherently what?

2. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?

3. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?

4. The author states that physically, men are in general more what than women are?

5. What word is used in Nigeria in order to describe a woman who likes and is good at domestic duties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does Adichie provide for her statement that "sometimes it is the little things that sting the most" (21)?

2. What difference does Adichie point out about girls are taught to view marriage versus how boys are taught to view marriage?

3. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?

4. What evidence does Adichie provide for her claim that "men and women are different" (16)?

5. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?

6. What effects does tAdichie list when discussing how society teaches girls to feel ashamed?

7. How does Adichie contrast the status of an unmarried woman with the status of an unmarried man?

8. How is the theme of experiential learning demonstrated within the anecdote about Louis?

9. What does tAdichie present as the reason that women do not just "say no to all of this" (28) in relation to gender expectations?

10. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?

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