Tell It To Women
“ Guiding Questions
Note:
The following are guiding questions to assist you in your reading of the novel above. Also, they will help you to prepare for the Critique of the book
1.
Who is the author of the book?
2.
Who published the book, and when?
3.
The Foreword was written by whom?
4.
The play/story is set in which Village, and in which country?
5.
Who are the main characters of the play?
6.
What is the broader message of the play?
7.
What is the format of the story?
8.
The play is divided into how many movements?
9.
Who are Daisy and Ruth? What are their professions?
10.
The author uses Daisy and Ruth to represent what?
11.
Who is Yemoja? Where does she come from? Who is her husband? Why did she drop out of school?
12.
Why is Yemoja serving as maid in the home of Daisy?
13.
What is the name of the project designed for the rural women, by Daisy and Ruth?
14.
How much is the government paying to support the project?
15.
What kind of relationship does the author introduce between Daisy and Ruth, and why?
16.
Who is Adaku, and what does she represent in the story?
17.
How does the author show inequality between girls and boys in terms of access to education in Nigeria?
18.
Who is Sherifat, and why is she important to the story?
19.
How does the author use the story to depict Western feminists as mothers and wives?
20.
Who is Bose, and why is she important to the story?
21.
How does the story end? And what is the meaning of this ending?
