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

2. What is the idea of the danger Adichie talks about at the start of Suggestion 4?

3. Adichie identifies two "Feminist Tools" for Ijeawele to consider. What are they?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Adichie angrier about sexism than racism as stated in Suggestion 4?

4. 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?

5. Why is Adichie upset about children's clothing options in relation to gender?

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

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

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

9. What does the author realize about motherhood after becoming a mother herself as mentioned in the Introduction?

10. In Suggestion 6, what are the questions that Adichie says Chizalum needs to pose using smart language?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suggestion 3 asks Ijeawele to challenge "gender roles,"specifically analyzing the notion of clothing colors and gender toy acceptance. What are Adichie's descriptions of these threats to gender equality and how does she validate them?

Essay Topic 2

At the start of Suggestion 12, Adichie broaches the matter of sex. She describes a seminar that Ijeawele and she attended a long time ago and the overall feeling it left them with. What is the main reasons she inserts this experience?

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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