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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 an example that Adichie provides in response to portraying one of the tools at the start of the text?
2. How does Adichie encounter feminism within the child's clothing industry?
3. What example does Adichie provide to prove her point about Igbo tradition?
4. Why does is the language of help asked to be rejected in Suggestion 2?
5. What is Ijeawele's daughter's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. As mentioned in Suggestion 3, why do we need to question the idea of marriage as a prize to women?
2. What does Adichie hope to do with the letter as presented in the Introduction?
3. 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?
4. Why is it sexist for men to speak about rape and say, "if it were my daughter or wife or sister" (29).
5. At the end of Suggestion 2, why does Adichie state that Chudi deserve no additional gratitude or praise?
6. What is Adichie's general opinion about cooking in relation to gender expectations?
7. Why does Adichie recommend that Chizalum be paid for reading?
8. What are some areas of language that Chizalum needs to inspect as recommended in Suggestion 6?
9. Why does Ijeawele need to choose her language when speaking with Chizalum?
10. Why does Adichie feel she might be qualified to respond to her friend's request in the Introduction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Authors purposefully choose to structure their texts to provide their ideas and themes in an engaging and thorough manner. Adichie chooses to structure her text in letter format. Why do you believe Adichie chose to separate her ideas into a Letter containing Suggestions and how does that help her get her message across?
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