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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?
(a) Disapproval.
(b) Glad that it does not cost much.
(c) Excited that she is using her education to change traditions.
(d) They do not believe it is sufficient to be legal.

2. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?
(a) Painter.
(b) Physician.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Politician.

3. After the first visit, what does Daouda Dieng promise?
(a) He doesn't make any promises.
(b) That he will give her some money for food.
(c) That he will have some thugs beat up Modou.
(d) He will return to ask her something.

4. What dos the narrator do as a profession?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A physician.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A housewife.

5. Who is Daouda Dieng?
(a) The head of the police in Senegal.
(b) The boy her mother prefers over Modou.
(c) The narrator's brother.
(d) The narrator's maternal uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Binetou feel about her marriage to Modou?

2. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?

3. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?

4. How does the narrator view herself at age fifty?

5. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?

(see the answer key)

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