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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 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 find out, would you be able to leave him?
(d) If a man sleeps with another woman, and you forgive him, would the same be true for a women who slept with another man?

2. How does Adichie initially feel about her friend's request for advice?
(a) Adichie feels that it is too huge of a task.
(b) Adichie feels that it is too difficult to explain.
(c) Adichie feels that her friend should already know the answer.
(d) Adichie feels that she is the best person to ask.

3. How does Adichie encounter feminism within the child's clothing industry?
(a) Adichie sees that colors are unrightfully associated with genders, and that girls should always wear blue to protest this.
(b) Adichie sees the separation of colors based on genders, and she is determined to change the clothing industry.
(c) Adichie sees the bountiful amount of colors that are available to both genders.
(d) Adichie sees that colors are unrightfully associated with genders, and that the boy colors are more vibrant and varied.

4. How old is Ijeawele's daughter when Adichie writes her letter?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adichie feel about work as recommended in Suggestion 3?

2. What does Adichie believe needs more attention: sexism or racism? Why?

3. What warning does Adichie make to her friend at the end of the Opening of the Letter?

4. How will Ijeawele know that child-care work is being equally shared?

5. What does Adichie introduce as a true Igbo tradition in Suggestion 1?

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