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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What warning does Adichie make to her friend at the end of the Opening of the Letter?
(a) Chizalum will turn out according to society, but Ijeawele should punish her if she does.
(b) Ijeawele will not be able to teach all Suggestions, but she should focus on some.
(c) Society will tell Chizalum to be careful how she acts around men.
(d) Ijeawele might do everything Adichie suggests, but Chizalum will turn out differently.

2. What is Ijeawele's daughter's name?
(a) Chizalum Adora.
(b) Chizalum Ijeawele.
(c) Chizalum Adichie.
(d) Ijeawele Adichie.

3. What is an example that Adichie provides in response to portraying one of the tools at the start of the text?
(a) If a man fights with a woman, can a woman fight back?
(b) If a man spends all the money, can a woman divorce him?
(c) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you forgive him, would the same be true for a women who slept with another man?
(d) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you find out, would you be able to leave him?

4. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, what idea needs to be questioned as far as women's roles in marriage?
(a) The idea that women are caretakers.
(b) The idea that women are prizes.
(c) The idea that women are mothers.
(d) The idea that women must agree with their husbands on matters of finance.

5. How long has Adichie known Ijeawele as mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Since college.
(b) Since childhood.
(c) Since high school.
(d) Since they both joined a local club.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Suggestion 2, praise for fathers it put into question. Why does Adichie believe this is an important concept to be analyzed?

4. Adichie recommends that Chizalum be measured on what type of scale according to the ideologies of Suggestion 3?

5. How old is Ijeawele's daughter when Adichie writes her letter?

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