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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Daouda Dieng?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The boy her mother prefers over Modou.
(c) The head of the police in Senegal.
(d) The narrator's maternal uncle.

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

3. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?
(a) A box of jewelry for Mother-in-Law.
(b) Four witnesses that say Mother-in-Law abused the deceased.
(c) An affidavit with a list of what Binetou's villa contained.
(d) A court order doubling the amount.

4. What does Modou think of the policies of the dominant party?
(a) He believes they are too traditional.
(b) He thinks they are weak.
(c) He thinks they are instituting wonderful changes.
(d) He believes they are depleting the country's resources and wasting the money.

5. What dos the narrator do as a profession?
(a) A housewife.
(b) A physician.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A teacher.

6. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?
(a) None of them take up their father's occupation.
(b) The younger ones.
(c) The older ones.
(d) She has no brothers.

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

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

9. What is said out loud during the mourning rituals?
(a) KORAN verses.
(b) A poem citing the deceased warrior deeds.
(c) A prayer for the resurrection of the deceased.
(d) Verses from THE PROPHET.

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

11. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?
(a) That they take advantage of Aissatou.
(b) That they should not have moved to the United States.
(c) That they do not respect Aissatou.
(d) That they are wonderfully warm people.

12. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Modou.
(b) Samba Diack.
(c) Mawdo Bâ.
(d) Iba.

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

14. Of what is Aunty Nabou proud?
(a) Her noble origins.
(b) Her son's profession.
(c) Her wedgewood china.
(d) Her large herd of cows.

15. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?
(a) That he was attractive and intelligent.
(b) That he was not very bright.
(c) That he probably wasn't from her country.
(d) That he needed to gain a little weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons does Aunty Nabou have?

2. What is one secret revealed about the deceased?

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

4. What does Aunty Nabou demand?

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

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