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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adichie leaves Suggestion 3 with a very poignant piece of advice. What is it?
(a) Let Chizalum try, and even if she does not fully succeed, let her try.
(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 be herself.

2. What is Suggestion 1?
(a) Be a full person.
(b) Define yourself by motherhood.
(c) Motherhood is a glorious experience.
(d) Being a mother is the most important part of being a feminist.

3. Why does Adichie argue that women do not need to be championed or revered at the end of Suggestion 6?
(a) Women just need to be treated as equal.
(b) Women do not deserve to be championed or revered, because most do not act in a manner that warrants those titles.
(c) Women deserve their own words for being powerful.
(d) Women need to be seen as separate from men.

4. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, what idea needs to be questioned as far as women's roles in marriage?
(a) The idea that women are mothers.
(b) The idea that women must agree with their husbands on matters of finance.
(c) The idea that women are caretakers.
(d) The idea that women are prizes.

5. What is the one activity that Ijeawele's husband, Chudi, cannot participate in while raising their child?
(a) Chudi cannot cook the meals.
(b) Chudi cannot breastfeed.
(c) Chudi cannot coddle the baby when she cries.
(d) Chudi cannot help clean the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adichie propose Ijeawele teach her daughter to overcome all the issues presented in Suggestion 3?

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

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

4. What does the absurd idea of "men will be men" mean at the start of the letter?

5. In Suggestion 1, what piece of advice does the pioneering journalist, Marlene Sanders, give?

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