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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?
(a) It's something to pay the bills, though not very exciting.
(b) It's a necessary evil.
(c) They love their profession.
(d) They hate teaching.

3. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?
(a) What she learns in school.
(b) Her great-Aunt who did the same.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Because her future husband is blackmailing her.

4. How does the narrator view herself at age fifty?
(a) As a good catch for a wife.
(b) As someone too old to attract another man.
(c) As someone whose life is almost over.
(d) As a liberated woman.

5. Who seems to have romantic intentions for the narrator since Modou left her?
(a) Mawda.
(b) No one since the narrator is still officially married.
(c) Seema.
(d) Daouda Dieng.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?

2. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?

3. What does Daouda Dieng think is necessary to help the development of Senegal?

4. How many years have passed since the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13?

5. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?

(see the answer key)

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