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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 1 - 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is it important that Chizalum reject gender roles from the beginning as stated in Suggestion 3?
(a) Gender roles are insidious, and girls do not have the proper tools to decipher how dangerous they are.
(b) Gender roles are all over in the media, and girls are easily swayed to believe what they see.
(c) Gender roles cannot be unlearned, and Chizalum will carry them with her forever.
(d) Gender roles are deeply conditioned, and it is difficult to unlearn them.
2. In Suggestion 1, what piece of advice does the pioneering journalist, Marlene Sanders, give?
(a) Sanders says, "Never apologize for working. You love what you do, and loving what you do is a great gift to give to your child."
(b) Sanders says, "Please reject the idea that motherhood and work are mutually exclusive."
(c) Sanders says, "You don't even have to love your job; merely love what your job does for you."
(d) Sanders says, "Everybody will have an opinion about what you should do, but what matters most is what you want for yourself."
3. What example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?
(a) Adichie recants a time when her sister started working and the family was much better off.
(b) Adichie recalls that men did do most of the work, but women did contribute as well.
(c) Adichie states that trading was exclusively done by women in some parts of Igboland.
(d) Adichie refers to an old myth from Igbo tradition, which asks families to remain balanced.
4. Why does is the language of help asked to be rejected in Suggestion 2?
(a) The language of help needs to be admonished, because outside help should never be considered.
(b) The language of help should be analyzed, because it should be 50-50 between Ijeawele and Chudi.
(c) The language of help needs to be rejected, because Chudi is not helping by caring for his own child.
(d) The language of help should be rejected, because it implies that the mother cannot do the job herself.
5. What question does Adichie's friend, Ijeawele, ask her at the start of the text?
(a) How to raise her son as a feminist.
(b) How to take care of her daughter.
(c) How to raise her daughter as a feminist.
(d) How to raise her daughter to be smart.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Suggestion 1?
2. How does Adichie feel about Sanders' advice?
3. What is a phase that Adichie associates with the notion that caregiving and domestic work are singularly female domains?
4. As stated in the Introduction, how long ago did the author, Adichie, receive a request her for advice?
5. Suggestion 2 reminds Ijeawele to do what in regards to parenting?
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