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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When are the apprentices shot?
(a) As they sleep.
(b) The day before they plan to rob a store.
(c) After shooting out a window.
(d) When they are trying to shoot lizards.

2. In Dakar, how are the marchers greeted by the residents?
(a) With fear.
(b) With gunfire.
(c) With a celebration.
(d) They aren't greeted.

3. Why does Alioune think Beugosse left the union?
(a) Because of a women.
(b) Because of what management did to him.
(c) Because he disliked the strike.
(d) Because he didn't get a promotion.

4. How do the apprentices first treat the strike?
(a) Like a vacation.
(b) Like an adventure.
(c) Like a joke.
(d) Like a problem.

5. In "Chapter 16", what does Boubacar enjoy about the march?
(a) Helping Penda.
(b) Getting to fight.
(c) Getting away from Thies.
(d) All the women.

6. Why is Isnard's wife shot?
(a) Because she is robbed.
(b) Because she runs outside with a gun.
(c) Because she wants to protect Isnard.
(d) Because she steals from management.

7. In "Chapter 17", what do the business owners want to do regarding the strike?
(a) Take control of the trains.
(b) Give the strikers money.
(c) Avoid working with management.
(d) Control the strikers.

8. In "Epilogue", what do the strikers do when they first return to work?
(a) They try to get their wives jobs, too.
(b) They refuse to work.
(c) They have celebrations at the end of the day.
(d) They work harder than usual.

9. What does N'Deye Touti do to show her support for the compound after Bakayoko leaves in "Chapter 17"?
(a) She builts a new hut by herself.
(b) She finds a military to protect them.
(c) She burns her notebooks.
(d) She barters at the market.

10. What does N'Deye Touti call Bakayoko when he leaves in "Chapter 17"?
(a) A brother.
(b) A friend.
(c) A pig.
(d) A cow.

11. After the strike, what do many of the women do?
(a) Open up shops in the market.
(b) Begin going to school.
(c) Maintain their new power.
(d) Question the government.

12. How long does the general strike in "Chapter 17" last?
(a) Two months.
(b) Ten days.
(c) A month.
(d) Five days.

13. In "Chapter 15", what does Bakayoko tell Dejean his group's feelings toward the French are?
(a) That they are not anti-French.
(b) That they are anti-French.
(c) That they don't care about the French either way.
(d) That they respectful of the French.

14. Why does Penda believe the women should march to Dakar?
(a) To find a better place to live.
(b) To show their support.
(c) To rally more union workers.
(d) To avoid going to jail.

15. Who does Lahbib ask to his meeting in "Epilogue"?
(a) Union leadership.
(b) Union leadership and French management.
(c) French management.
(d) Union workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the people of Dakar have a difficult time understanding the speeches in "Chapter 17"?

2. Why does Bakayoko encourage a general strike in "Chapter 17"?

3. Who tells Bakayoko that Gorgui has died?

4. Why does Edouard leave during the meeting in "Chapter 15"?

5. In "Epilogue", how are the women described after the strike?

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