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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of one of the narrator's children?
(a) Mgetu.
(b) Aissatou.
(c) Douda.
(d) Ubule.

2. In what way does the narrator believe lies her happiness?
(a) Moving to the United States to live with Aissatou.
(b) Killing herself.
(c) Giving her children to relatives to raise.
(d) Being part of a couple.

3. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?
(a) She asks him to have it annulled.
(b) She pretends it didn't happen.
(c) She forgives him.
(d) She gives him an ultimatum.

4. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?
(a) Men who want a woman who can earn a paycheck.
(b) Men who want a traditional, submissive wife.
(c) Men who want her inheritance.
(d) No one because the narrator is too old.

5. Now that Modou has left her, how does the narrator travel with her children?
(a) By taxi.
(b) On foot.
(c) They can't afford to travel.
(d) On public transportation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's oldest daughter like?

2. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?

3. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?

4. What does the narrator do to fill the void her husband's loss leaves?

5. What two woman does the narrator compare?

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