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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Adichie's first thought when her friend makes her request?
(a) Adichie does not know what to write.
(b) Adichie wishes her friend would not ask this question.
(c) Adichie feels that she is not capable of answering.
(d) Adichie does not understand the question.

2. If Philip May were prime minister, what word might we hear in reference to his wife as discussed in Suggestion 4?
(a) Supportive.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Advocate.

3. How long has Adichie known Ijeawele as mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Since high school.
(b) Since they both joined a local club.
(c) Since college.
(d) Since childhood.

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

5. What is the magnificent thing that Ijeawele has done at the start of the letter?
(a) Ijeawele has brought a feminist into the world.
(b) Ijeawele has brought a human being in the world.
(c) Ijeawele has left her husband who was unfaithful
(d) Ijeawele has asked for advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adichie encounter feminism within the child's clothing industry?

2. What does Adichie propose Ijeawele teach her daughter to overcome all the issues presented in Suggestion 3?

3. What is one word Adichie recommends replacing X with?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Suggestion 2, why does Adichie state that Chudi deserve no additional gratitude or praise?

2. How are powerful women "policed" in Adichie's mind (24)?

3. Why does Adichie reject the language of help?

4. Why does Adichie feel she might be qualified to respond to her friend's request in the Introduction?

5. What unique choice does Adichie describe in relation to a husband cheating in regards to the start of the letter?

6. What does Adichie hope to do with the letter as presented in the Introduction?

7. Adichie states that she hears women say, "Leave the woman alone to do what she wants as long as her husband allows" (22). Why does Adichie argue against this statement?

8. What are some areas of language that Chizalum needs to inspect as recommended in Suggestion 6?

9. At the end of the letter, Adichie consolidates her overall purpose to Ijeawele by asking her to do only one thing. What is this thing and why is it important?

10. How does Adichie describe the idea of togetherness in Suggestion 2?

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