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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 13 - 15.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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 knowing she is loved by both parents.
(d) Let her grow up combatting Igbo stereotypes.
2. As mentioned in Suggestion 12, what happened at the seminar Adichie and Ijeawele went to?
(a) The seminar threatened that talking to boys would end up with girls being pregnant or disgraced.
(b) The seminar threatened that girls should not ever speak with boys, because boys are bad news.
(c) The seminar told the girls that men would come after them at earlier ages.
(d) The seminar suggested that girls wait until marriage to engage in relations with boys.
3. What warning does Adichie make to her friend at the end of the Opening of the Letter?
(a) Society will tell Chizalum to be careful how she acts around men.
(b) Ijeawele will not be able to teach all Suggestions, but she should focus on some.
(c) Chizalum will turn out according to society, but Ijeawele should punish her if she does.
(d) Ijeawele might do everything Adichie suggests, but Chizalum will turn out differently.
4. What is a fear that Adichie recognizes that mothers have about fathers in Suggestion 2?
(a) Adichie suggests that Ijeawele oversee all interactions between Chudi and their daughter.
(b) Adichie recommends that Ijeawele watch Chudi with the baby's upbringing and provide advice.
(c) Adichie recommends that Ijeawele should not expect Chudi to do everything perfectly.
(d) Adichie suggests that Ijeawele not let Chudi handle the bathing and feeding, because those are duties of a mother.
5. In Suggestion 15, what does Ijeawle need to teach Chizalum as stated in the first sentence?
(a) Teach her to see difference as bad and to not have conversations about it.
(b) Teach her about difference.
(c) Teach her to accept difference if she encounters it.
(d) Teach her to ignore difference.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Adichie think that the word "allowed" is so offensive in Suggestion 4?
2. What example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?
3. Adichie recommends that Chizalum be measured on what type of scale according to the ideologies of Suggestion 3?
4. If a husband is not a headmaster according to Adichie, what is a wife not?
5. What do both Adichie and Ijeawele agree to do in regards to the Suggestions?
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