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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of books will Chizalum read in school, so Adichie asks Ijeawele to think beyond school in Suggestion 5?
(a) Autobiographies, novels, and histories.
(b) Biology texts, histories, and biographies.
(c) Autobiographies, science texts, and feminist theory.
(d) Novels, histories, and feminist theory.

2. 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 mothers in the workforce.
(c) How to best support parents in their combined duties at work and home.
(d) How to best support fathers in their new roles as equal parents.

3. What does Adichie introduce as a true Igbo tradition in Suggestion 1?
(a) The mother working and raising the children.
(b) The mother staying home.
(c) A double-income family.
(d) The father working and the mother staying at home.

4. What does Adichie propose Ijeawele teach her daughter to overcome all the issues presented in Suggestion 3?
(a) Adichie says to teach Chizalum self-reliance, that it is important for her to have independence.
(b) Adichie says to teach Chizalum how to stand up for herself and teach others about inequality.
(c) Adichie says to teach Chizalum the difference between gender inequality and sexism.
(d) Adichie says to teach Chizalum to research feminism and use its tools to better her own life.

5. What is this book a version of?
(a) The book is a version of a movie.
(b) The book is a version of a historically-based document.
(c) The book is a narrative.
(d) The book is a version of Adichie's letter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?

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

4. Why is Adichie upset about the term her friend, Nwabu, speaking about becoming "Mr. Mom" when his wife left him home with the children?

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

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