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

2. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?
(a) Aunty Nabou
(b) Daba
(c) Nabou
(d) Aissatou

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

4. What does Daouda Dieng ask of the narrator?
(a) He does not come back to visit again.
(b) To run on a socialist ticket with him.
(c) To ask her advice about his youngest son.
(d) To marry him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?

2. How does Modou juggle the two marriages and wives?

3. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?

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

5. How does the narrator view herself at age fifty?

(see the answer key)

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