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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. The author entreats the reader to "imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of" (33) what?

2. What was NOT one of the questions the man asked the author when he stopped her outside of her Nigerian hotel?

3. The author states that most of the positions of power in the world are occupied by whom?

4. The author laments the fact that society teaches girls to see each other as competitors for what?

5. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the appeal of ethos present within Adichie's claim that she cannot go alone into bars and clubs in Nigeria?

2. What example does Adichie provide for her claim that the city of Lagos has a thriving "entrepreneurial spirit" (16)?

3. What does tAdichie present as the reason that women do not just "say no to all of this" (28) in relation to gender expectations?

4. What is Adichie's stated reason for wanting to tip the young man who had watched her car in her absence?

5. What instructions does Adichie include within her list of lessons society teaches girls?

6. How does Adichie contrast the status of an unmarried woman with the status of an unmarried man?

7. How is the theme of language obscuring truth displayed within Adichie's mention of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

8. How does Adichie characterize her feelings about her home country of Nigeria?

9. How does Adichie differentiate between positive competition between girls and negative competition between girls?

10. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the themes of eccentricity and conformity depicted within the narrative of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's anecdote regarding her twin nieces and the now defunct traditions of the Igbo people. What themes are demonstrated in the author’s use of this anecdote and what rhetorical devices does she use to make those connections?

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?

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