The setting of the book ‘Sweet Sixteen’ by Bolaji Abdullahi is
- A. Nigeria
- B. Mali
- C. Mauritania
- D. Ghana
Mr. Bello opinion about girls who bleach their skin is that they;
- A. need help
- B. are products of westernization
- C. are bad influence to the younger generation
- D. lack self-confidence
In which of these Nigerian tribes is it a norm for women to put on weight in order to attract suitors for marriage?
- A. Mauritania
- B. Efik
- C. Ibibio
- D. Urhobo
Gandhi’s quote “nobody can hurt me without my permission” means
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- A. we should permit people to hurt us
- B. we can control how other people behave towards us
- C. we should be able to control how others make us feel
- D. people should always seek permission before they hurt us
Making negative comments about somebody’s weight or size is known as
- A. body shaming
- B. body shameing
- C. body shading
- D. body shadeing
Aliya called Latifat by her teacher because
- A. he wants to body shame her
- B. he doesn't know her name
- C. it is her nickname
- D. Latifat is also a Muslim name
According to Mr. Bello, we can actually influence and change people in a significant way by
- A. tell them what to do
- B. reacting to them differently
- C. avoiding them completely
- D. imitating them
The slave who was tortured eventually
- A. gained his freedom by running away
- B. died of his wounds
- C. nursed his torturer back to health
- D. died during the shipwreck
A set of idea that people have above what someone or something is especially an idea that is wrong is known as
- A. stereotypes
- B. lies
- C. disbelief
- D. hatred
What does HAK mean in the book?
- A. hands and knees
- B. hold and knock
- C. hugs and kisses
- D. hate and knead
In book, is Gandhi a president?
- A. yes
- B. no
- C. maybe
- D. I don't know
Aliya’s mother comes from
- A. a polygamous family
- B. a rich background
- C. a poor background
- D. a middle class family
What is the Gandhi test?
- A. you may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you
- B. to strive to seek, to find and not to yield
- C. you can tell that what you are doing is good or bad if you want other people to know about it or not
- D. can we rise above our persona feelings and sentiments in particular situations or not
What/who inspired Aliya to become a Lawyer?
- A. her father
- B. a friend
- C. an incident where someone is wrongly accused
- D. John Grisham's books
At some point in her life, Aliya contemplates all of these future ambitions except
- A. Fashion designing
- B. Law
- C. Music
- D. Accounting
“Watching those things is like dragging filth into your beautiful room”. One of these filth which is referred to is
- A. vulgarity
- B. homosexuality
- C. disobedience
- D. racism
The birth of Aliya to Mr. Bello makes him
- A. appreciates his wife more
- B. long for more children
- C. take life more seriously
- D. remember is childhood
Aliya gets all these letters for her 16th birthday except
- A. a letter
- B. a digital camera
- C. a birthday card
- D. a teddy bear
Aliya’s father tries to teach Aliya chess because
- A. it will improve her social skills
- B. it is a game that can be played alone
- C. it will help reduce her anxiety
- D. it will make her think strategically
Aliya suffers from what kind of illness?
- A. Asthma
- B. Leukemia
- C. Sickle cell anaemia
- D. hepatitis
A dumb girl, according to Bolaji Abdullahi’s ‘Sweet Sixteen’ is all of following except one
- A. who doesn't do well in exams
- B. who doesn't know when she is being manipulated
- C. who misbehaves
- D. who has sex with a boy to prove she loves him