Danger of a Single Story Quiz

What country was Adichie from

• America

• Nigeria

• Africa

• United Kingdom

What did Adichie do from a very young age?

• Play Fortnite

• Watch Television

• Listen to the radio

• Read Books

What type of books did Adichie read as a child?

• Mexican books from Honduras and Mexico

• Nigerian books from her home country?

• Western Books from America and the British

• Asian books from China, Japan and South Korea.

What happened to Adichie from reading all these books?

• She saw that the problems were all the same

• She saw only white people in literature

• She saw that everyone was well represented

• She saw that evil is everywhere in literature.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the danger of the single story?

• It ensures that people want to hear what they want to hear

• It leads to the absence of critical thinking

• It leads to answers that do not make sense.

• It leads to simplistic thinking or one point of view

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Who was Fide?

• Fide was from a rural village

• Fide came from the city

• Fide was an immigrant

• Fide was just there

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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Why was Adichie ashamed when she went to Mexico?

• Because Mexico was seen as a place just as bad as Africa

• Because she thought that the news was right and they were proved right

• Because she thought that Mexico was going to be a better country than it actually was

• Because she spoke about the dangers of a single story and believed them before visiting Mexico

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Adichie's room mate was surprised that she could

• Speak Swahili so well

• Speak English so well

• Speak Spanish so well

• Speak German so well.

Adichie's roommate was surprised that Adichie could use a stove. Why is this important?

• Due to the danger of a single story, Americans think that people from Africa use primitive means when cooking food

• Due to the danger of a single story, Americans think that people from Africa do not have access to technology

• Due to the danger of a single story, Americans think that Africa does not have access to food

• Due to the danger of a single story, Americans are told by the media that everyone in Africa is outside

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

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The Professor said that Adichie's experience was not "Authentically African". What did he mean by this?

• The life of Adichie was comparable to the life of an educated middle-class American thus it does not fulfill his idea of what people from Africa are based on the story he heard

• The life of Adichie did not have the people desperate for a white savior just waiting to liberate Africa from the dangers that the country faces

• The professor was flabbergasted that people in Nigeria could live in conditions that Adichie's experienced

• The professor was looking more for someone like Fide to be "Authentically African"

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