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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 the name of the village where Adichie spent her childhood according to the end of Suggestion 8?

2. Adichie says it is not enough to raise a daughter you can speak to about sex, but rather, Ijeawele needs to provide what other skill as well?

3. In Suggestion 13, what does Adichie say we teach girls but not boys about love?

4. What is the wish Adichie makes at the end of Suggestion 8?

5. What does this self, identified by Adichie in Suggestion 8, look like in more descriptive terms?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the end of Suggestion 10, why does Adichie say that she cannot overstate the power of alternatives?

5. What are some examples of the harmfulness of likeability in girls and women, according to Adichie?

6. What was the sexuality seminar about mentioned at the start of Suggestion 12?

7. What are some examples in Suggestion 11 where biology is used for/against gender expectation?

8. Why would it be disingenuous for Ijeawele to teach Chizalum that sex is only for reproduction?

9. What happens in Igbo tradition if a woman wants to leave her husband?

10. Why would Adichie support Chizalum wearing make-up and fashion as mentioned in Suggestion 10?

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

Marriage and the power of names are analyzed in Suggestion 7. Adichie recognizes the societal pressure that is put upon women in regards to these specific ideologies. How does Suggestion 7 analyze marriage and names, and what are some examples that help move these ideas along?

Essay Topic 3

Women come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Adichie insists that Chizalum be exposed to all sorts of beauty and not determine what beauty is based on media. How does Adichie describe the ways that Ijeawele should see beauty and understand her connection it to it?

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