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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it important that Chizalum reject gender roles from the beginning as stated in Suggestion 3?
(a) Gender roles are insidious, and girls do not have the proper tools to decipher how dangerous they are.
(b) Gender roles cannot be unlearned, and Chizalum will carry them with her forever.
(c) Gender roles are deeply conditioned, and it is difficult to unlearn them.
(d) Gender roles are all over in the media, and girls are easily swayed to believe what they see.

2. What is the idea of the danger Adichie talks about at the start of Suggestion 4?
(a) The idea of conditional gender expectations.
(b) The idea of unconditional gender assumptions.
(c) The idea of conditional female equality.
(d) The idea of unconditional female equality.

3. What do both Adichie and Ijeawele agree to do in regards to the Suggestions?
(a) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to follow feminist principles.
(b) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to try.
(c) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to keep in touch.
(d) Adichie and Ijeawele agree to instill some of the Suggestions.

4. Adichie recommends that Chizalum be measured on what type of scale according to the ideologies of Suggestion 3?
(a) Chizalum should be measured according to what other prideful girls are doing.
(b) Chizalum should not be measured.
(c) Chizalum needs to be measured according to her peers.
(d) Chizalum needs to be measured on a scale of being the best version of herself.

5. Why does it matter what Ijeawele says to her child in Suggestion 6?
(a) Chizalum will learn what is most important.
(b) Chizalum will use those same words later.
(c) What Ijeawele say teaches Chizalum what she needs to value.
(d) What Ijeawele say tells her what is good or bad.

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

7. What is the issue with the word "princess" as presented in Suggestion 6?
(a) The word says that there are no queens, only princesses.
(b) The word assumes that all girls want to wear pretty pink dresses.
(c) The word is too feminine.
(d) The word is loaded with assumptions.

8. Suggestion 2 reminds Ijeawele to do what in regards to parenting?
(a) Do it knowing you will have to take a submissive role.
(b) Do it together.
(c) Do it with passion.
(d) Do it with only the child's best interest at heart.

9. Why does Adichie think that the word "allowed" is so offensive in Suggestion 4?
(a) Adichie believes it has a connotation that targets vulnerable women.
(b) Adichie believes it contributes to the notion that men are superior and in control of women.
(c) Adichie believes it helps catapult women above women, which goes against the idea of equality.
(d) Adichie believes that women should not have the right to tell their husbands what they are and are not allowed to do.

10. 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.

11. Why does Adichie argue that women do not need to be championed or revered at the end of Suggestion 6?
(a) Women just need to be treated as equal.
(b) Women need to be seen as separate from men.
(c) Women deserve their own words for being powerful.
(d) Women do not deserve to be championed or revered, because most do not act in a manner that warrants those titles.

12. In the Introduction, what does Adichie say makes her feel like an expert in a field?
(a) Adichie speaks with other experts about it.
(b) Adichie teaches the subject.
(c) Adichie has spoken publicly about it.
(d) Adichie has had researched the subject for many hours.

13. What is Suggestion 1?
(a) Being a mother is the most important part of being a feminist.
(b) Define yourself by motherhood.
(c) Be a full person.
(d) Motherhood is a glorious experience.

14. Why is Adichie upset about the term her friend, Nwabu, speaking about becoming "Mr. Mom" when his wife left him home with the children?
(a) "Mr. Mom" sounds ridiculous and negates the role.
(b) "Mr. Mom" emphasizes the inequalities of women and men by giving the revered title of, "Mom," to a man.
(c) "Mr. Mom" suggests that men are feminine, which goes against Igbo tradition.
(d) "Mr. Mom" implies that the father is detached from parenting and providing an additional service, when in reality the father is simply being a dad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the one activity that Ijeawele's husband, Chudi, cannot participate in while raising their child?

3. What is a fear that Adichie recognizes that mothers have about fathers in Suggestion 2?

4. At the end of Suggestion 5, what does the author state as a "worthy investment"?

5. What argument is made about cooking in Suggestion 3?

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