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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) Ijeawele will not be able to teach all Suggestions, but she should focus on some.
(b) Society will tell Chizalum to be careful how she acts around men.
(c) Chizalum will turn out according to society, but Ijeawele should punish her if she does.
(d) Ijeawele might do everything Adichie suggests, but Chizalum will turn out differently.

2. Suggestion 2 reminds Ijeawele to do what in regards to parenting?
(a) Do it with passion.
(b) Do it together.
(c) Do it knowing you will have to take a submissive role.
(d) Do it with only the child's best interest at heart.

3. What example does Adichie provide that bolster her notions of feminism in Suggestion 3?
(a) Adichie remembers being told to sweep like a girl, which actually made the job more difficult; she wishes she would have been told how properly to sweep the floor better.
(b) Adichie remembers being told to cook dinner quickly and efficiently; her brothers were never asked to cook dinner.
(c) Adichie remembers being told that cleaning was a chore for women, and women needed to be very particular and follow certain rules.
(d) Adichie remembers being told to sweep like a girl, while all her brothers were allowed to sweep whatever way they wanted.

4. What question does Adichie's friend, Ijeawele, ask her at the start of the text?
(a) How to raise her daughter as a feminist.
(b) How to take care of her daughter.
(c) How to raise her daughter to be smart.
(d) How to raise her son as a feminist.

5. What charge does Adichie take seriously according to her Letter?
(a) How to raise a religious woman.
(b) How to raise a feminist.
(c) How to raise an independent thinker.
(d) How to raise a strong woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the Introduction, how long ago did the author, Adichie, receive a request her for advice?

2. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, what idea needs to be questioned as far as women's roles in marriage?

3. Suggestion 3 presents what overarching idea at the start?

4. How does Adichie feel about Sanders' advice?

5. What is an example that Adichie provides in response to portraying one of the tools at the start of the text?

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