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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Suggestion 7 state should never be considered an achievement?
(a) One's profession.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Making money.
(d) Friendship.

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

3. What does Adichie ask Ijeawele to do for Chizalum's sense of self at the start of Suggestion 9?
(a) Let her grow up valuing intellect and hard work.
(b) Let her grow up to think of herself as a proud Igbo woman.
(c) Let her grow up combatting Igbo stereotypes.
(d) Let her grow up knowing she is loved by both parents.

4. At the end of Suggestion 2, praise for fathers it put into question. Why does Adichie believe this is an important concept to be analyzed?
(a) Adichie promotes the notion that fathers do not deserve additional gratitude or praise for bringing a child into the world just as the mothers do; the child belongs equally to them.
(b) Adichie recognizes that men need recognition to be more involved in their child's lives, so it is necessary.
(c) Adichie promotes that fathers should be overly praised, so that they are more active in their child's life.
(d) Adichie thinks is is ridiculous that a father be more revered than a mother when the mother is the actually the one who does most of the work; she deserves more praise.

5. Because of the previous recommendations in Suggestion 3, Adichie asks that Chizalum be given what?
(a) To be seen as an individual.
(b) To be a subservient woman.
(c) To battle gender roles.
(d) To learn how to fight misogyny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What differs for Adichie when she is asked about sexism as opposed to racism according to Suggestion 4?

2. What roles, according to Suggestion 7, do the world value in a woman more than anything else?

3. What is the sad truth mentioned at the end of Suggestion 4?

4. What is the first descriptor mentioned on Hilary Clinton's Twitter account?

5. What should Ijeawele do if Chizalum will not read, according to Adichie?

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