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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Sounkare's job?
(a) Train mechanic.
(b) Head watchman.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Office worker.
2. When the police come for Ramatoulaye in "Chapter 6", what do the other women do?
(a) Give the police interviews.
(b) Hide in their own houses.
(c) Surround her while holding weapons.
(d) Make the police dinner.
3. In "Chapter 11", what do Penda and Maimouna discuss?
(a) If children are saints.
(b) If men are dogs.
(c) If women are warriors.
(d) If people are sinners.
4. At the end of "Chapter 7", what does the narrator say has failed?
(a) Humanity.
(b) A chance for peace.
(c) Union negotiations.
(d) The French.
5. In "Chapter 8", what do the women say about Diara?
(a) That he owes them money and food.
(b) That he treated them badly.
(c) That he is a confused man.
(d) That he is innocent.
6. What happens to Sounkare after he dies?
(a) He is buried in an unmarked grave.
(b) He is eaten by rats.
(c) He is burned.
(d) His mother collects his body.
7. In "Chapter 7", what does Tiemoko learn about beating the union members who return to work?
(a) The public loves to watch the beatings.
(b) It makes him feel bad after.
(c) It works to teach them a lesson.
(d) It's less effective than taking them to trial.
8. In "Chapter 2", how do the residents of Thies act as they wake up?
(a) They are quiet.
(b) They move quickly.
(c) They act tired.
(d) They are angry.
9. In "Chapter 9", why does the Imam negotiate with the police?
(a) He doesn't negotiate with the police.
(b) To free Ramatoulaye.
(c) To end the strike.
(d) To spy on the police.
10. In "Chapter 3", how does Maimouna make her way out of the marketplace?
(a) By following a fellow seller.
(b) By using a stick to guide her.
(c) With the help of strangers.
(d) She doesn't get out of the marketplace.
11. Why are many men angry at Diara's trial?
(a) Because there are women there.
(b) Because they want to return to work.
(c) Because they dislike Diara.
(d) Because they like Diara.
12. Why do Bakayoko's co-leaders call off the striking action in "Chapter 3"?
(a) Because they have lost too many people.
(b) Because management wants to meet and talk.
(c) Because they want to rest.
(d) Because management won't negotiate.
13. How does N'Deye Touti feel about the women confronting the police?
(a) She thinks it proves their power.
(b) She thinks it will help the union.
(c) She doesn't have an opinion on the confrontation.
(d) She thinks it is foolish.
14. Why do the women overturn trucks in "Chapter 9"?
(a) Because a truck ran over a child.
(b) Because one of them dies during a conflict.
(c) Because the trucks are on fire.
(d) Because the trucks are in their way.
15. Who discovers Ad'jibid'ji and Niakoro after they are beaten?
(a) Tiemoko.
(b) Assitan.
(c) Keita.
(d) A French soldier.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ad'jibid'ji say when Niakoro asks her about what washes the water?
2. In "Chapter 1", what does Niakoro remember about the first train-workers' strike?
3. How does Sounkare die?
4. In "Chapter 2", what do the women sell in the market the striking workers pass?
5. Who treats Maimouna's wounds in "Chapter 3"?
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