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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?
(a) She likes him but is in love with a man from her hometown.
(b) She is repulsed by him.
(c) She despises him.
(d) She loves him.

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

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

4. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?
(a) She gives him an ultimatum.
(b) She forgives him.
(c) She asks him to have it annulled.
(d) She pretends it didn't happen.

5. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's looks of admiration?
(a) She lowers her eyes in submission.
(b) She flirts with him.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is hoping he wants to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?

2. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?

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

4. When is the narrator involved that her husband has married a second wife?

5. How does Binetou treat Modou?

(see the answer key)

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