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

2. How many years have passed since the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 1
(d) 12

3. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?
(a) Relive their youth to the beat of old songs.
(b) Compare and evaluate their husbands.
(c) Sell tupperware.
(d) Organize political rallies.

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

5. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?
(a) A racist.
(b) An embezzler.
(c) A feminist.
(d) A candidate for presidency.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?

3. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?

4. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?

5. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?

(see the answer key)

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