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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. How does Adichie recommend Chizalum feel if she has to say "no" to a man sexually?
(a) Happy.
(b) In control.
(c) Elated.
(d) Proud.

2. 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 passports, drivers' licenses, signatures, initials, and bank accounts.
(b) Women have to change credit cards, mortgage documents, and children's last names.
(c) Women have to change passports, birth certificates, business licenses, and checking accounts.
(d) Women have to change their passports, signatures, social security numbers, and phone numbers.

3. In Suggestion 10, how does Adichie say children learn?
(a) By forging their own paths.
(b) By example.
(c) By failing and learning from mistakes.
(d) By trial and error.

4. Why do girls remain silenced when abused, as mentioned in Suggestion 8?
(a) Girls are afraid their abusers will come after them.
(b) Girls do not know who to talk to.
(c) Girls want to be nice.
(d) Girls do not know what to do.

5. At the start of Suggestion 7, what does Adichie mention about gender equality in relationships?
(a) Men abuse their power, and women have to abide by their rules.
(b) Women sacrifice more at their expense, because men are superior.
(c) Women sacrifice more at a loss to themselves, because they have to maintain an uneven exchange.
(d) Women automatically have to be subservient to men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of woman can undermine feminism with her deceiving words and entitlement, according to the end of Suggestion 14?

2. What is the first descriptor found on Bill Clinton's Twitter account?

3. What are some skills to teach Chizalum about inequality and privilege?

4. What can Chizalum do if a boy does not like her, according to Suggestion 8?

5. In Suggestion 7, what reason does Adichie give for keeping her maiden name?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the start of Suggestion 9, why does Adichie think Igbo culture is vital to Chizalum's identity?

2. Why does Adichie think that schooling will not teach Chizalum all that she needs to know?

3. What parts of Igbo tradition should Chizalum reject to better shape an identity?

4. In Suggestion 14, why does Adichie ask Chizalum to not treat the oppressed like saints?

5. What is insinuated when a woman claims not to be feminist according to Adichie in Suggestion 14?

6. How can Ijeawele be prepared for Chizalum to have sex before 18 as stated in Suggestion 12?

7. At the start of Suggestion 15, what does Adichie request of Ijeawele in teaching Chizalum about difference?

8. Why should marriage never be spoken of as an achievement as mentioned at the start of Suggestion 7?

9. Why does Adichie recommend Chizalum not be taught to be non-judgmental at the end of Suggestion 15?

10. What physical mainstream world values will Chizalum encounter as mentioned on Page 46?

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