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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Modou support politically?
(a) His own small group.
(b) The dominant party.
(c) The political party who opposed the dominant one.
(d) He wanted to stay part of the British empire.

3. What is ironic about Daouda Dieng's marriage proposal?
(a) He is recently widowed.
(b) He does not propose marriage, but rather an affair.
(c) He is already married, so the narrator would be the second wife.
(d) It is many years too late.

4. Of what does the younger generation speak?
(a) Moving to Europe or the United States.
(b) The need for more computer literacy.
(c) Independence.
(d) Becoming a democracy.

5. What is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?

2. Who is coming to visit the narrator in Chapter 22?

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

4. What is the narrator's first name?

5. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?

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