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

2. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?
(a) Modou
(b) Tamsir
(c) Diang Douba
(d) Mawdo Bw

3. Of what significance is the narrator's unconventional marriage?
(a) It is the first one to have ever taken place in Senegal.
(b) It is the reason she loses her teaching job.
(c) It compels new laws granting women complete freedom.
(d) It is symbolic of the New Africa.

4. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?
(a) His prize cow.
(b) His willingness to cry at his daughter's wedding.
(c) His dexterity and artistry.
(d) His ability to work though he is handicapped.

5. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?
(a) The combined fortune of both of their houses.
(b) Understanding and happines.
(c) A new perspective on multiple marriages.
(d) Lots of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have to put up with regularly?

2. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?

3. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?

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

5. After the first visit, what does Daouda Dieng promise?

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