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

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

3. Who does Aissatou marry?
(a) Moudou.
(b) Mawdo Bw.
(c) Daouda Dieng.
(d) Douda Raaw.

4. How does Binetou feel about her marriage to Modou?
(a) She is glad to be taken care of.
(b) She hates being married so young.
(c) She misses her former life.
(d) She is indifferent.

5. When is the narrator involved that her husband has married a second wife?
(a) On the evening of the wedding.
(b) Six months before he does so.
(c) A year later.
(d) She is never told.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?

2. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?

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

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

5. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?

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