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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Suggestion 1, what piece of advice does the pioneering journalist, Marlene Sanders, give?
(a) Sanders says, "Please reject the idea that motherhood and work are mutually exclusive."
(b) Sanders says, "You don't even have to love your job; merely love what your job does for you."
(c) 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."
(d) Sanders says, "Everybody will have an opinion about what you should do, but what matters most is what you want for yourself."

2. Adichie leaves Suggestion 3 with a very poignant piece of advice. What is it?
(a) Let Chizalum be herself.
(b) Let Chizalum try certain things that she has the capacity to be successful at, but do not push her too hard.
(c) Let Chizalum try, and when she fails, teacher her the correct way.
(d) Let Chizalum try, and even if she does not fully succeed, let her try.

3. At the end of Suggestion 1, Adichie says that we should be asking a certain question of parents. What is that question?
(a) How to best support children growing up to be functioning adults.
(b) How to best support parents in their combined duties at work and home.
(c) How to best support fathers in their new roles as equal parents.
(d) How to best support mothers in the workforce.

4. What does the absurd idea of "men will be men" mean at the start of the letter?
(a) The phrase implies that men will do what they want no matter what the women say.
(b) The phrase means that men should only have male friends.
(c) The phrase says that men can get angry at women and not be held uncountable.
(d) This phrase implies that men have a lower standard.

5. What is a phase that Adichie associates with the notion that caregiving and domestic work are singularly female domains?
(a) "Gender neutrality."
(b) "Doing it all."
(c) "Asking for help."
(d) "Motherhood is more important than work."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the magnificent thing that Ijeawele has done at the start of the letter?

2. Adichie identifies two "Feminist Tools" for Ijeawele to consider. What are they?

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

4. What question does Adichie's friend, Ijeawele, ask her at the start of the text?

5. What do both Adichie and Ijeawele agree to do in regards to the Suggestions?

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