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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the deputies visit with Dejean in "Chapter 3"?
(a) To provide protection.
(b) To ask for jobs.
(c) To question his role in the strike.
(d) To plan an end to the strike.

2. Who lives at N'diayene?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Former union workers.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Soldier.

3. Why does Penda ask about the father of Maimouna's children?
(a) Because she wants to get to know her better.
(b) Penda doesn't talk to Maimouna about her children.
(c) Because she heard a rumor.
(d) Because she wants to find him.

4. Why does Tiemoko visit Bakayoko in "Chapter 7"?
(a) To have coffee.
(b) To loan him money.
(c) To meet a woman.
(d) To borrow a book.

5. What does Keita do when the crowd gets emotional at the strike meeting in "Chapter 1"?
(a) He leaves the meeting.
(b) He gets the crowd more worked up.
(c) He calms the crowd down.
(d) He laughs at the people at the meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say knows who the father of Maimouna's twins is?

2. How many deputies visit with Dejean in "Chapter 3"?

3. In "Chapter 6", where is Beaugosse when he argues about the strike?

4. Who treats Maimouna's wounds in "Chapter 3"?

5. How is Maimouna's social status described in "Chapter 2"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Chapter 3", what solutions to the strike do Dejean and the deputies come up with?

2. Why is Doudou offered a promotion in "Chapter 12"?

3. Why is Ramatoulaye frustrated in "Chapter 4"?

4. What happens when the soldiers arrive in "Chapter 2"?

5. How do the workers feel the morning of the strike in "Chapter 2"?

6. Why does Ramatoulaye kill the ram in "Chapter 6"?

7. In "Chapter 9", how does Mame Sofi feel about the confrontations with police?

8. When does Ramatoulaye turn herself into the police?

9. What happens at the strike meeting in "Chapter 1"?

10. What does Mame Sofi do when the water seller visits in "Chapter 5"?

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