Witty Women Writers

Question 1

People enjoy Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s novels for their ___ sense of humor and her gift for explaining the complicated

Accepted Answer

witty

Question 2

All three of the Brontë sisters originally published their novels under pen names, which means______.

Accepted Answer

they used names other than their own.

Question 3

Before Toni Morrison became famous, she was a book editor. An editor ________.

Accepted Answer

decides which stories get published.

Question 4

One of Agatha Christie’s most famous characters is Hercule Poirot, a _____ who investigated mysteries.

Accepted Answer

detective

Question 5

Min Jin Lee tells stories of immigrants, who are people who move from their home countries and settle around the world

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Maya Angelou&#x27;s writing became the voice of the ____ movement and the people fighting for the rights of African Americans

Accepted Answer

voting, modernist, civil rights, women's rights

Question 7

Science fiction author Octavia Butler had dyslexia and words in her first manuscripts were misspelled. Dyslexia is ___.

Accepted Answer

a learning disorder that makes it hard to read, write, or spell

Question 8

Two of Jane Austen’s novels were published posthumously, which means _______.

Accepted Answer

after death.

Question 9

Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking is _____, but she gives reasons for saying no and teaches independence

Accepted Answer

rebellious

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