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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. How old is Ijeawele's daughter when Adichie writes her letter?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 month.

2. What is a fear that Adichie recognizes that mothers have about fathers in Suggestion 2?
(a) Adichie suggests that Ijeawele not let Chudi handle the bathing and feeding, because those are duties of a mother.
(b) Adichie recommends that Ijeawele should not expect Chudi to do everything perfectly.
(c) Adichie suggests that Ijeawele oversee all interactions between Chudi and their daughter.
(d) Adichie recommends that Ijeawele watch Chudi with the baby's upbringing and provide advice.

3. What does Adichie introduce as a true Igbo tradition in Suggestion 1?
(a) The mother working and raising the children.
(b) A double-income family.
(c) The father working and the mother staying at home.
(d) The mother staying home.

4. What argument is made about cooking in Suggestion 3?
(a) Cooking is a shared responsibility for both genders, because it helps create stronger relationships.
(b) Cooking is not an important part of a relationship.
(c) Cooking is learned; it is a life skill that both men and women should ideally have.
(d) Cooking is learned; it is easier for women to learn, but men can too.

5. What is the Adichie's first thought when her friend makes her request?
(a) Adichie does not know what to write.
(b) Adichie feels that she is not capable of answering.
(c) Adichie does not understand the question.
(d) Adichie wishes her friend would not ask this question.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adichie decide to do as a response to Ijeawele's request in the Introduction?

2. What is the one activity that Ijeawele's husband, Chudi, cannot participate in while raising their child?

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

4. At the start of Suggestion 5, why should Ijeawele teach Chizalum to read?

5. Why does it matter what Ijeawele says to her child in Suggestion 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the phrases and implications of Feminism Lite Adichie points out as being troubling in Suggestion 4?

2. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, why do we need to question the idea of marriage as a prize to women?

3. At the end of Adichie's letter, what does she mean by, "Sometimes life just does its thing" (7)?

4. Why does Adichie reject the language of help?

5. What does Adichie hope to do with the letter as presented in the Introduction?

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

7. Why does Ijeawele need to choose her language when speaking with Chizalum?

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

9. Why does Adichie recommend that Chizalum be paid for reading?

10. Why is reading something Adichie suggests for Chizalum at the start of Suggestion 5?

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