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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Suggestion 1, Adichie says that we should be asking a certain question of parents. What is that question?
(a) How to best support mothers in the workforce.
(b) How to best support children growing up to be functioning adults.
(c) How to best support fathers in their new roles as equal parents.
(d) How to best support parents in their combined duties at work and home.

2. What does Adichie say about her views on feminism to Ijeawele at the start of her Letter?
(a) Feminism is for women only.
(b) Feminism is contextual.
(c) Feminism is for both genders.
(d) Feminism is exciting and powerful.

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

4. Adichie leaves Suggestion 3 with a very poignant piece of advice. What is it?
(a) Let Chizalum be herself.
(b) Let Chizalum try, and even if she does not fully succeed, let her try.
(c) Let Chizalum try certain things that she has the capacity to be successful at, but do not push her too hard.
(d) Let Chizalum try, and when she fails, teacher her the correct way.

5. What does the absurd idea of "men will be men" mean at the start of the letter?
(a) The phrase says that men can get angry at women and not be held uncountable.
(b) The phrase means that men should only have male friends.
(c) This phrase implies that men have a lower standard.
(d) The phrase implies that men will do what they want no matter what the women say.

6. What does Adichie decide to do as a response to Ijeawele's request in the Introduction?
(a) Adichie decides to speak with Ijeawele.
(b) Adichie decides to speak with Ijeawele's daughter.
(c) Adichie decides to write a book.
(d) Adichie decides to write a letter.

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

8. What does Adichie suggest Ijeawele do in the coming weeks of motherhood for Suggestion 1?
(a) Adichie suggests that she be kind to herself and ask for help.
(b) Adichie suggests that she be active in her daughter's life and promote strong values.
(c) Adichie suggests that everybody will have opinions, and she should reject them.
(d) Adichie suggests that men are not involved with the child's raising.

9. Why is it true progress when a woman does not clap after a man cooks a meal according to Suggestion 6?
(a) Her clapping gives the man the impression that he is good at something that he is not.
(b) When she claps, she is giving unnecessary praise.
(c) When she claps, this implies that cooking is an inherently female act.
(d) Her clapping tells the man that she loves him for his cooking.

10. How old is Ijeawele's daughter when Adichie writes her letter?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

11. What charge does Adichie take seriously according to her Letter?
(a) How to raise a feminist.
(b) How to raise an independent thinker.
(c) How to raise a religious woman.
(d) How to raise a strong woman.

12. What is Adichie's concern around young girl's experience with sports?
(a) Adichie fears that girls do not reach higher levels of sports because of their upbringings.
(b) Adichie wonders if girls should not play sports, because they are too dangerous.
(c) Adichie worries that girls have parts of themselves silenced and stifled, because sports are male activities.
(d) Adichie considers how this lack of physical activity affects future health for young girls.

13. What is this book a version of?
(a) The book is a version of Adichie's letter.
(b) The book is a version of a historically-based document.
(c) The book is a narrative.
(d) The book is a version of a movie.

14. What should Ijeawele do if Chizalum will not read, according to Adichie?
(a) Give her candy.
(b) Take away her toys.
(c) Pay her.
(d) Ground her.

15. How does Adichie define the first premise of feminism at the start of her Letter?
(a) The solid independent belief that needs a particular calling.
(b) The solid unbending belief that you start off with.
(c) The solid bending belief that is malleable and important.
(d) The solid feeling that women need equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of just labeling something "misogynistic," what does Adichie recommend in Suggestion 6?

2. How long has Adichie known Ijeawele as mentioned in the Introduction?

3. What is a phase that Adichie associates with the notion that caregiving and domestic work are singularly female domains?

4. Why does Adichie argue that women do not need to be championed or revered at the end of Suggestion 6?

5. Adichie recommends that Chizalum be measured on what type of scale according to the ideologies of Suggestion 3?

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