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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) Men who want a traditional, submissive wife.
(d) No one because the narrator is too old.

2. How does Modou feel about being married to Binetou?
(a) He expects to divorce her after he is tired of her.
(b) He believes she tricked him into marrying her.
(c) He is sorry he married her.
(d) He is happy.

3. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?
(a) 33
(b) 25
(c) 12
(d) 19

4. How does the narrator feel around Daouda Dieng?
(a) An equal.
(b) As just another woman to take care of a man.
(c) Put down.
(d) Desireable.

5. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?
(a) She says no.
(b) She say yes.
(c) She give no response hoping he'll forget.
(d) She asks for a year's wait.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?

2. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?

3. Of what significance is the narrator's unconventional marriage?

4. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?

5. Who does Aissatou marry?

(see the answer key)

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