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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Daba suggest that her mother (the narrator) do?
(a) To put up with it.
(b) She encourages her mother to follow Aissatou's footsteps and leave her husband.
(c) To find herself a second husband.
(d) To ask for marriage counseling.

4. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?
(a) Why she married Modou.
(b) Why Modou doesn't divorce the narrator.
(c) The duties of an employed mother.
(d) How education is so good for women.

5. To what does the narrator compare teachers?
(a) An army of priests-in charge of people's souls.
(b) Socrates and Aristotole.
(c) Slaves from the Roman times.
(d) Evangelical ministers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?

2. What is the goal of the narrator's education?

3. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?

4. What is the reason the narrator gives for not marrying Daouda Dieng?

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

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