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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it true progress when a woman does not clap after a man cooks a meal according to Suggestion 6?
(a) When she claps, she is giving unnecessary praise.
(b) Her clapping gives the man the impression that he is good at something that he is not.
(c) Her clapping tells the man that she loves him for his cooking.
(d) When she claps, this implies that cooking is an inherently female act.

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

3. How will Ijeawele know that child-care work is being equally shared?
(a) Love will blossom and both parents will feel whole.
(b) A strong relationship will grow, and the child will naturally be raised by both parents.
(c) True equality will exist and resentment does not.
(d) True equality will exist and hatred toward one another will not be an issue.

4. 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 need to question her own language first.
(c) Chizalum will have to listen to others' language more than her own.
(d) Chizalum will have to learn both her native language and English.

5. 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)?
(a) One does not have a problem with X; one has a problem with both genders.
(b) One does not have a problem with X; one has a problem with women.
(c) One is making excuses using X and does not get the overall message.
(d) One is using X incorrectly and needs to look closer at feminism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adichie encounter feminism within the child's clothing industry?

2. What does Adichie suggest Ijeawele do in the coming weeks of motherhood for Suggestion 1?

3. What is an example that Adichie provides in response to portraying one of the tools at the start of the text?

4. Why is Adichie upset about the term her friend, Nwabu, speaking about becoming "Mr. Mom" when his wife left him home with the children?

5. What kinds of books will Chizalum read in school, so Adichie asks Ijeawele to think beyond school in Suggestion 5?

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