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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 10 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the better alternative to saying, "Don't you know you're old enough to find a husband?" (27)?
(a) You are old enough to help your mother.
(b) You are old enough to go to college.
(c) You are old enough to find a job.
(d) You are old enough to take care of children.

2. What is one way a new mother can approach parenting as recommended in Suggestion 1?
(a) Do not follow others' ways.
(b) Do not assume you know everything.
(c) Do take the advice of her husband seriously.
(d) Do listen to other Igbo mothers.

3. Why is the phrase that "a mother is really in charge behind the scenes" upsetting to feminist thought?
(a) The phrase implies that women can only have power if it is in disguise.
(b) The phrase makes one curious about what women are doing behind the scenes.
(c) The phrase suggests that women are working harder than their male counterparts.
(d) The phrase gives all the power of real control to men.

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

5. What is one word Adichie recommends replacing X with?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pridefulness.
(d) Silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adichie think children should be named in an argument against Igbo tradition?

2. At the end of Suggestion 1, Adichie says that we should be asking a certain question of parents. What is that question?

3. What type of beauty will Chizalum notice is valued, according to Adichie?

4. Because of the previous recommendations in Suggestion 3, Adichie asks that Chizalum be given what?

5. Why is it true progress when a woman does not clap after a man cooks a meal according to Suggestion 6?

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