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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the mirasse?
(a) A family meeting required by the Koran where the deceased's secrets are exposed.
(b) A pilgrimage to Mecca.
(c) A payment of 10 dollars from the government for the widow.
(d) A vision the widow finds on a quest in the desert.

3. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?
(a) Rigid.
(b) They don't really have a distinct culture separate from other African countries.
(c) Adaptable.
(d) Complex and difficult to understand.

4. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?
(a) The dead person's co-wife.
(b) All the children from all the wives.
(c) The deceased male relatives.
(d) The shamen of the tribe.

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

6. Who leads the country when the republic is born?
(a) A dictator who is elected through corruption.
(b) The dominant political party.
(c) The former king, who agrees to share power.
(d) A group of 15 men.

7. How many sons does Aunty Nabou have?
(a) None.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Just one, Mawdo.

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

9. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?
(a) When he asked her to marry him.
(b) During their first dance.
(c) When he held their first child in his arms.
(d) After he dies.

10. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?
(a) Mawdo Bw
(b) Memsab Nw
(c) Biku
(d) Fawd Was

11. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?
(a) Physician.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Painter.
(d) Politician.

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

13. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?
(a) 2
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 0

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

15. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?
(a) Whose grief is genuine.
(b) If she might find a man to marry among them.
(c) How much each person will donate.
(d) If any were an enemy of the deceased.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?

2. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

3. Of what does the younger generation speak?

4. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?

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

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