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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's sister-in-law.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) The narrator's first college professor.
(d) The narrator's best friend.

2. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) She doesn't have any idea.
(b) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.
(c) Either love or madness.
(d) For highter social status.

3. Who does little Nabou marry at Aunty Nabou's insistence?
(a) Modou.
(b) No one; her aunt insists she remain single.
(c) Mawdo.
(d) Dieng Dw.

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

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

6. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?
(a) As long as it takes for her hair to grow long again.
(b) Four months and ten days.
(c) Three days.
(d) She does not have to stay indoors.

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

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

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

10. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?
(a) The men eat but the women do not.
(b) The men are loud and boisterous while the women weep quietly.
(c) The women talk and the men are silent.
(d) The men are dressed in native garb, but not the women.

11. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?
(a) A nice villa.
(b) Two thoroughbred horses for racing.
(c) A diamond necklace.
(d) A new mercedes benz.

12. What field is Modou's degree?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Law.
(d) Mathematics.

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

14. What does Modou complain about in his letters?
(a) The difficulty of the coursework.
(b) The cold weather in France.
(c) Racial discrimination.
(d) The quality of the petit fours.

15. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 2
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?

2. What profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?

3. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?

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

5. Who does Aissatou marry?

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