She was encouraged to learn about Western culture.

She was strongly impacted by Western culture.

She was uninterested in Nigerian culture.

She was unhealthily obsessed with Western culture.

It exposed her to different stories, specifically ones she could relate to.It made her grateful for the American and British stories she grew up with.

It made her grateful for the American and British stories she grew up with.

It encouraged her to write about characters from a variety of cultures.

It made her realize how relatively few African writers there were.

 Adichie felt pity for Fide’s family, as her roommate felt pity for her based on a single story.

Adichie didn’t try to get to know Fide’s family, as her roommate didn’t not try to get to know her.

Adichie decided she had nothing in common with Fide’s family before she met them, just as her roommate did.

 Adichie had high expectations for Fide’s family, as her roommate did for her based on a single story.

 The inhabitants of Africa live exciting and luxurious lives.

 The inhabitants of Africa want to come to the United States.

The inhabitants of Africa live diverse and full lives.

The inhabitants of Africa are all disadvantaged in some way.

The people in power have the ability to ignore stories that they don’t agree with.

The people in power cannot be influenced by the effect of a single story.

 The people in power tell the story that best suits their interest, and control its content and distribution.

 The people in power have no need to construct or spread single stories about others.

 She believes that it includes several stories that focus on the positives.

 She believes that it includes several different stories from different perspectives.

She believes that stories need to be more widely available in order to improve.

 She doesn’t believe storytelling needs to change, but rather the way people respond to stories.

You have a richer and more complete understanding of other people and places.

You realize that different people and places aren’t so different. Everyone is the same.

 You will stop viewing yourself and your culture as superior to others.

You will realize that what you once thought was true was a complete lie.