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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Suggestions 13 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suggestion 13 says that Ijeawele needs to teach Chizalum that love is not only about giving. Love is also about what?
(a) Love is also about providing.
(b) Love is also about fighting.
(c) Love is also about taking.
(d) Love is also about practicing.

2. What should Chizalum do if another child takes her toy?
(a) Chizalum should let it go and find another toy.
(b) Chizalum should fight the other child for what is hers.
(c) Chizalum should take it back.
(d) Chizalum should share.

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

4. In Suggestion 10, when does it say girls stop being physically active?
(a) Girls stop once boys start making fun of them.
(b) Girls stop when they realize beauty is more important.
(c) Girls stop when they discover make-up.
(d) Girls stop when puberty arrives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the idea of the danger Adichie talks about at the start of Suggestion 4?

2. What does Adichie say needs to be the second part of, "If you criticize X in women, but do not criticize X in men..." (27)?

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

4. What is the better alternative to saying, "Don't you know you're old enough to find a husband?" (27)?

5. At the start of Suggestion 14, Adichie suggest that oppression be taught, but not to turn the oppressed into what?

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