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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As stated in the Introduction, how long ago did the author, Adichie, receive a request her for advice?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 5 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

2. At the end of Suggestion 1, Adichie says that we should be asking a certain question of parents. What is that question?
(a) How to best support children growing up to be functioning adults.
(b) How to best support fathers in their new roles as equal parents.
(c) How to best support mothers in the workforce.
(d) How to best support parents in their combined duties at work and home.

3. Why does is the language of help asked to be rejected in Suggestion 2?
(a) The language of help needs to be rejected, because Chudi is not helping by caring for his own child.
(b) The language of help needs to be admonished, because outside help should never be considered.
(c) The language of help should be analyzed, because it should be 50-50 between Ijeawele and Chudi.
(d) The language of help should be rejected, because it implies that the mother cannot do the job herself.

4. In the Introduction, what does Adichie say makes her feel like an expert in a field?
(a) Adichie speaks with other experts about it.
(b) Adichie has spoken publicly about it.
(c) Adichie teaches the subject.
(d) Adichie has had researched the subject for many hours.

5. What is Adichie's concern around young girl's experience with sports?
(a) Adichie wonders if girls should not play sports, because they are too dangerous.
(b) Adichie fears that girls do not reach higher levels of sports because of their upbringings.
(c) Adichie worries that girls have parts of themselves silenced and stifled, because sports are male activities.
(d) Adichie considers how this lack of physical activity affects future health for young girls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Suggestion 2 reminds Ijeawele to do what in regards to parenting?

3. In Suggestion 1, what piece of advice does the pioneering journalist, Marlene Sanders, give?

4. What is the magnificent thing that Ijeawele has done at the start of the letter?

5. What charge does Adichie take seriously according to her Letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Adichie reject the language of help?

2. Why is Adichie angrier about sexism than racism as stated in Suggestion 4?

3. At the start of the letter, what are the 2 Feminist Tools that serve as a premise for feminist thought?

4. Why do Adichie reject the idea of saying that a woman is "doing it all" in Suggestion 1?

5. What does the author realize about motherhood after becoming a mother herself as mentioned in the Introduction?

6. Why does Adichie feel she might be qualified to respond to her friend's request in the Introduction?

7. What specific example does Adichie provide in Suggestion 3 that conveys how gender roles are nonsense?

8. Adichie states that she hears women say, "Leave the woman alone to do what she wants as long as her husband allows" (22). Why does Adichie argue against this statement?

9. Why is it sexist for men to speak about rape and say, "if it were my daughter or wife or sister" (29).

10. In Suggestion 1, how do people use tradition in relation to gender inequality?

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