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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is symbolic of the New Africa.
(d) It compels new laws granting women complete freedom.

2. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?
(a) A new home.
(b) Three cows and a bull.
(c) A signed paper in which he committed to paying Binetou a monthly salary.
(d) A trip to Europe.

3. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?
(a) Glad that it does not cost much.
(b) They do not believe it is sufficient to be legal.
(c) Excited that she is using her education to change traditions.
(d) Disapproval.

4. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?
(a) She takes her four sons and moves to the United States.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) She is excited for help in the household.
(d) She agrees to the arrangement, but the second wife is not allowed in Aissatou's home.

5. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?
(a) Aissatou is not good enough for the man she marries.
(b) The man she marries is Chinese.
(c) The man she marries is poor.
(d) The man she marries is ugly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

3. What kind of visit does Ramatoulaye desire her friend Aissatou have in Senegal?

4. What is ironic about Daouda Dieng's marriage proposal?

5. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?

(see the answer key)

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