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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Adichie feel about work as recommended in Suggestion 3?
(a) Women do not have to have a job; they are allowed to be homemakers.
(b) Women should love their work to show their independence.
(c) Women do not have to love their jobs; they have to love what their jobs do for them.
(d) Women do not have to like their jobs; they have to do them well.

2. What does Adichie recommend in Suggestion 6 for Ijeawele to do in order to teach Chizalum about language?
(a) Chizalum will have to study language and each word's various meanings.
(b) Chizalum will have to listen to others' language more than her own.
(c) Chizalum will need to question her own language first.
(d) Chizalum will have to learn both her native language and English.

3. Because of the previous recommendations in Suggestion 3, Adichie asks that Chizalum be given what?
(a) To be seen as an individual.
(b) To be a subservient woman.
(c) To battle gender roles.
(d) To learn how to fight misogyny.

4. Why does it matter what Ijeawele says to her child in Suggestion 6?
(a) Chizalum will learn what is most important.
(b) What Ijeawele say tells her what is good or bad.
(c) What Ijeawele say teaches Chizalum what she needs to value.
(d) Chizalum will use those same words later.

5. What is this book a version of?
(a) The book is a version of Adichie's letter.
(b) The book is a version of a historically-based document.
(c) The book is a version of a movie.
(d) The book is a narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the Introduction, how long ago did the author, Adichie, receive a request her for advice?

2. What is Adichie's concern around young girl's experience with sports?

3. Adichie identifies two "Feminist Tools" for Ijeawele to consider. What are they?

4. What does Adichie say needs to be the second part of, "If you criticize X in women, but do not criticize X in men..." (27)?

5. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, what idea needs to be questioned as far as women's roles in marriage?

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