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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. Who capitalizes on how we teach girls to be?
(a) Older men.
(b) Older girls.
(c) Parents.
(d) Sexual predators.

2. Why does Adichie feel is a reason it is difficult for women to keep their names according to Suggestion 7?
(a) Keeping their names means they are too feminine.
(b) Keeping their names implies that they are not committed to their husbands.
(c) Keeping their names requires energy - mental, emotional, even physical.
(d) Keeping their names makes their husbands angry, and they treat them poorly.

3. When female politicians change their last names to their husband's, what does this mean about society as touched upon in Suggestion 7?
(a) Voters do not care and vote for whom they like.
(b) Voters vote more for a woman who has her husband's last name.
(c) Voters prefer women with their own names
(d) Voters place marital expectations on women.

4. What does Suggestion 11 say about biology in relation to gender roles?
(a) Biology can convince men they are superior to women.
(b) Biology can be used as reasons as justification for social norms.
(c) Biology provides many reasons as to why women and men act the way they do.
(d) Biology enforces a greater gender gap, and it makes women feel empowered.

5. What does this self, identified by Adichie in Suggestion 8, look like in more descriptive terms?
(a) A self that is honest and aware of politics.
(b) A self that takes care of a family and works.
(c) A self that never holds back or backs down.
(d) A self that is honest and aware of the equal humanity of other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suggestion 7 state should never be considered an achievement?

2. What roles, according to Suggestion 7, do the world value in a woman more than anything else?

3. Why do girls remain silenced when abused, as mentioned in Suggestion 8?

4. What is the consequence of gender inequality in relationships as stated in Suggestion 7?

5. What should Ijeawle never link Chizalum's appearance to, according to Suggestion 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Ijeawele be prepared for Chizalum to have sex before 18 as stated in Suggestion 12?

2. At the start of Suggestion 15, what does Adichie request of Ijeawele in teaching Chizalum about difference?

3. At the start of Suggestion 9, why does Adichie think Igbo culture is vital to Chizalum's identity?

4. Why does Adichie say that Ijeawele should selectively teach Chizalum about Igbo tradition?

5. As made in Suggestion 10, what are some ways that Ijeawele can engage Chizalum with her appearance?

6. Why should Chizalum not universalize her own standards and expectations concerning difference?

7. What happens in Igbo tradition if a woman wants to leave her husband?

8. At the end of Suggestion 10, why does Adichie say that she cannot overstate the power of alternatives?

9. What are some examples in Suggestion 11 where biology is used for/against gender expectation?

10. What physical mainstream world values will Chizalum encounter as mentioned on Page 46?

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