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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?
(a) The duties of an employed mother.
(b) Why she married Modou.
(c) How education is so good for women.
(d) Why Modou doesn't divorce the narrator.

2. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?
(a) She is asked to return home immediately.
(b) With hesitation.
(c) With cold obligatory rituals.
(d) Like a princess.

3. What is the goal of the narrator's education?
(a) To emancipate her from the traditional roles of African women.
(b) To make her attractive to men.
(c) To enable her to home school her children.
(d) To earn a degree.

4. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?
(a) 30
(b) 55
(c) 1
(d) 22

5. What does Modou do with his degree?
(a) He works toward the advancement of his country.
(b) He designs a model city.
(c) He goes to work for an environmental firm.
(d) He builds a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?

2. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?

3. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?

4. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?

5. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?

(see the answer key)

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