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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?
(a) Aissatou
(b) Nabou
(c) Daba
(d) Aunty Nabou

2. How does the narrator feel about Modou even several years after he marries Binetou?
(a) She still loves him.
(b) She hopes Binetou leaves him.
(c) She wishes he would die.
(d) She is indifferent to him.

3. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?
(a) She hides her distress from her visitors.
(b) She immediately packs and leaves for the United States.
(c) She flies into a rage and slaps Modou.
(d) She is indifferent since she is first wife and most important.

4. What is the narrator's first name?
(a) Daba.
(b) Ramatoulaye.
(c) Requwbe.
(d) Aissatou.

5. What does the narrator do to fill the void her husband's loss leaves?
(a) Travels around the world.
(b) Tries to find another husband.
(c) Listens to the radio all the time.
(d) Babysits her grandchildren.

6. When is the narrator involved that her husband has married a second wife?
(a) Six months before he does so.
(b) A year later.
(c) On the evening of the wedding.
(d) She is never told.

7. How does Binetou treat Modou?
(a) With awe and reverence.
(b) She makes fun of him.
(c) With gratitude for marrying her.
(d) With the proper respect of a wife to a husband.

8. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?
(a) A feminist.
(b) A candidate for presidency.
(c) A racist.
(d) An embezzler.

9. Who are "the trio?"
(a) The narrator and her two best friends, Assiatou and Farmata.
(b) The narrator's daughters: Arame, Yacine, and Dieynaba
(c) The narrator's sons: Mawbe, Mobou, Jr., Douda.
(d) The three men in charge of the government of Senegal.

10. How many years have passed since the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13?
(a) 12
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 6

11. What two woman does the narrator compare?
(a) Nabou and Binetou.
(b) Daba and Binetou.
(c) Aunty Nabou and Lady Mother-in-law.
(d) Aissatou and herself.

12. From what type of background does Binetou come?
(a) Upper class.
(b) Nobility.
(c) A poor background.
(d) Wealthy.

13. How does Modou juggle the two marriages and wives?
(a) He moves the second wife in the same house as the first.
(b) He stays one week with one and the next with the other.
(c) He decides to annul the second marriage.
(d) He abandons the narrator and their life together.

14. In what academic class is Mawdo Fall having difficulties?
(a) English literature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Humanities.
(d) Calculus.

15. What does the narrator think hurt Modou's career?
(a) Marrying a second wife.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His greed.
(d) The narrator's full social life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of one of the narrator's soon-to-be-born grandchild?

2. Now that Modou has left her, how does the narrator travel with her children?

3. What do people think about the narrator rejecting Daouda Dieng and others for marriage?

4. What does the narrator fear about her child-raising skills?

5. Who is disappointed about how the narrator handles Aissatou's problem?

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