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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Daouda Dieng ask of the narrator?
(a) To run on a socialist ticket with him.
(b) To ask her advice about his youngest son.
(c) He does not come back to visit again.
(d) To marry him.

3. Who helps care for the narrator's children when they are sick?
(a) The in-laws.
(b) Mawdo Bw.
(c) Daba.
(d) Aissatou.

4. Who does the narrator blame for her children's problems?
(a) No one; they have few problems.
(b) Her deceased husband.
(c) Herself.
(d) Their own selves.

5. Who makes repairs around the narrator's house now that her husband has abandoned her?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The narrator's uncle.
(c) No one; the narrator lets the house fall apart.
(d) Mawdo.

6. Who is coming to visit the narrator in Chapter 22?
(a) Dieng.
(b) Mawba.
(c) Asissatou.
(d) Daba.

7. Who seems to have romantic intentions for the narrator since Modou left her?
(a) No one since the narrator is still officially married.
(b) Daouda Dieng.
(c) Seema.
(d) Mawda.

8. What kind of clothes do her daughters wear?
(a) Sari's.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Western.
(d) Hippie.

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

10. Who is the father of one of the narrator's soon-to-be-born grandchild?
(a) Moubo Tza.
(b) Dieng Douda.
(c) Ibrahima Sall.
(d) Mawba Sou.

11. What decision does the narrator make about her daughters?
(a) To pull them out of school and teach them traditional skills.
(b) To marry them by the time each is 21.
(c) To watch them more closely.
(d) To send them to the United States for college.

12. What is Ibrahima Sall's occupation?
(a) A law student.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A physician.
(d) An infantry man in the military.

13. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?
(a) She say yes.
(b) She give no response hoping he'll forget.
(c) She says no.
(d) She asks for a year's wait.

14. What happens whenever the narrator goes to the movies alone?
(a) She is able to have all the popcorn to herself.
(b) She sneaks in without paying as she is now poor.
(c) She is accosted by men.
(d) She receives looks of astonishment.

15. What is ironic about Daouda Dieng's marriage proposal?
(a) It is many years too late.
(b) He does not propose marriage, but rather an affair.
(c) He is recently widowed.
(d) He is already married, so the narrator would be the second wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?

2. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?

3. What does Daouda Dieng think is necessary to help the development of Senegal?

4. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?

5. In what way does the narrator believe lies her happiness?

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