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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the middle of Suggestion 1, Adichie identifies what trait as being important to motherhood?

2. In Suggestion 1, what piece of advice does the pioneering journalist, Marlene Sanders, give?

3. What example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?

4. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, what idea needs to be questioned as far as women's roles in marriage?

5. What kinds of books will Chizalum read in school, so Adichie asks Ijeawele to think beyond school in Suggestion 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What specific example does Adichie provide in Suggestion 3 that conveys how gender roles are nonsense?

2. At the end of Adichie's letter, what does she mean by, "Sometimes life just does its thing" (7)?

3. Why does Suggestion 1 ask Ijeawele to allow herself to fail?

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

5. In the closing of Suggestion 2, why does Adichie disagree with her friend, Nwabu, on his perception of being a single dad?

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

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

8. Why does Adichie reject the language of help?

9. At the start of the letter, what are the 2 Feminist Tools that serve as a premise for feminist thought?

10. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, why do we need to question the idea of marriage as a prize to women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One point of focus from the text is that work and motherhood are not mutually exclusive. Adichie mentions multiple reasons as to why women are sent this message. Why do women receive negative feedback about working and being women?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the letter, Adichie tells Ijeawele to respond, "I don't know. It's just the way the world is" (62) to some of Chizalum's more difficult and unanswerable questions. This response will teach Chizalum that there are various interpretations of life. Why do you believe this phrase is useful according to the textual examples and explanations?

Essay Topic 3

Suggestion 1 begins by saying that Ijeawele needs to be a full person; she needs to be more than a mother in order to live a whole life. How does one live as a full person?

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