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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adichie states that she was in a room full of women and their conversation was primarily about what?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Men.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Love.

2. What should women not be apologetic about as recommended in Suggestion 10?
(a) Women should not apologize for liking fashion.
(b) Women should not apologize for being educated.
(c) Women should not apologize for being outspoken.
(d) Women should not apologize for pursuing masculine professions.

3. As mentioned in Suggestion 9, what will Ijeawele have to teach Chizalum, because education does not?
(a) Ijeawele needs to teach feminism.
(b) Ijeawele needs to teach pride.
(c) Ijeawele needs to teach proper etiquette.
(d) Ijeawele needs to teach kindness.

4. What part of African culture does Adichie believe needs to be taught as mentioned in Suggestion 9?
(a) Independence and toughness.
(b) Beauty and resilience.
(c) Thoughtfulness and resilience.
(d) Kindess and work ethic.

5. In Suggestion 9, what is one part of Igbo culture that should be not valued?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Physical beauty.
(d) Tradition.

6. How does Adichie recommend Ijeawele appropriately respond to questions Chizalum poses about various types of people?
(a) I don't know; it's just the way the world is.
(b) Some people you will like and others you will not.
(c) People are bizarre and see the world differently.
(d) I don't know; people like different things.

7. What is one argument that Adichie makes about the difficulty for women to have to change their names after marriage?
(a) Women have to change their passports, signatures, social security numbers, and phone numbers.
(b) Women have to change credit cards, mortgage documents, and children's last names.
(c) Women have to change passports, drivers' licenses, signatures, initials, and bank accounts.
(d) Women have to change passports, birth certificates, business licenses, and checking accounts.

8. Adichie specifies that Ijeawele does not need to be what for Chizalum when talking about love?
(a) Confidant.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Friend.

9. In Suggestion 8, what is it that we, our society, teach girls?
(a) Society teaches girls to be strong, smart, and outgoing.
(b) Society teaches girls to be likeable, to be nice, and to be false.
(c) Society teaches girls to be likeable, to be honest, and to be kind.
(d) Society teaches girls to be shy, to be good listeners, and to be uplifting wives.

10. What are some skills to teach Chizalum about inequality and privilege?
(a) Household help needs to be given direction and rich people should be treated like they are rich.
(b) Household help should be left alone and tip your driver.
(c) Household help is human and greet the driver.
(d) Household help is exactly that, help, so treat them that way until they prove to be very good at their jobs.

11. 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 do not care and vote for whom they like.
(b) Voters vote more for a woman who has her husband's last name.
(c) Voters place marital expectations on women.
(d) Voters prefer women with their own names

12. In Suggestion 10, what does Adichie tell Ijeawele to protect Chizalum from?
(a) Comparing herself to other black women.
(b) Seeing herself as less than more beautiful women.
(c) Looking at her own reflection with dissatisfaction.
(d) Identifying herself with only Igbo traditional standards of beauty.

13. How should Chizalum feel about being active, according to Adichie in Suggestion 10?
(a) Chizalum should value it.
(b) Chizalum should not take it too seriously.
(c) Chizalum should make it a high priority.
(d) Chizalum should see it as secondary to school.

14. What is the first descriptor found on Bill Clinton's Twitter account?
(a) Husband.
(b) Friend.
(c) Founder.
(d) Politician.

15. What is the main point of Suggestion 9?
(a) Allow Chizalum the responsibility of choosing her own friends.
(b) Give Chizalum the freedom to choose any profession.
(c) Allow Chizalum to do anything the things she wants.
(d) Give Chizalum a sense of identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the shame we attach to female sexuality truly about, according to Suggestion 12?

2. According to Suggestion 10, what does Ijeawele need to be deliberate about?

3. Suggestion 13 says that Ijeawele needs to teach Chizalum that love is not only about giving. Love is also about what?

4. What do people who are unkind and dishonest still deserve according to the beginning of Suggestion 14?

5. What is the wish Adichie makes at the end of Suggestion 8?

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