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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 example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?
(a) Adichie recants a time when her sister started working and the family was much better off.
(b) Adichie refers to an old myth from Igbo tradition, which asks families to remain balanced.
(c) Adichie recalls that men did do most of the work, but women did contribute as well.
(d) Adichie states that trading was exclusively done by women in some parts of Igboland.
2. What kinds of books will Chizalum read in school, so Adichie asks Ijeawele to think beyond school in Suggestion 5?
(a) Biology texts, histories, and biographies.
(b) Autobiographies, science texts, and feminist theory.
(c) Autobiographies, novels, and histories.
(d) Novels, histories, and feminist theory.
3. 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.
4. As mentioned in Suggestion 9, what will Ijeawele have to teach Chizalum, because education does not?
(a) Ijeawele needs to teach kindness.
(b) Ijeawele needs to teach proper etiquette.
(c) Ijeawele needs to teach pride.
(d) Ijeawele needs to teach feminism.
5. When female politicians change their last names to their husband's, what does this mean about society as touched upon in Suggestion 7?
(a) Voters vote more for a woman who has her husband's last name.
(b) Voters do not care and vote for whom they like.
(c) Voters prefer women with their own names
(d) Voters place marital expectations on women.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do both Adichie and Ijeawele agree to do in regards to the Suggestions?
2. How does Adichie feel about Chizalum wearing make-up?
3. What question does Adichie's friend, Ijeawele, ask her at the start of the text?
4. At the end of the text, what is Adichie's last wish for Chizalum?
5. Why does Adichie feel is a reason it is difficult for women to keep their names according to Suggestion 7?
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