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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason the narrator gives for not marrying Daouda Dieng?
(a) She does not want to be in another polygamous marriage.
(b) She is too old for that kind of foolishness.
(c) She is moving to the United States.
(d) She despises Daouda Dieng.

2. What does Daba suggest that her mother (the narrator) do?
(a) To ask for marriage counseling.
(b) To put up with it.
(c) She encourages her mother to follow Aissatou's footsteps and leave her husband.
(d) To find herself a second husband.

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

4. 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.

5. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?
(a) She is repulsed by him.
(b) She likes him but is in love with a man from her hometown.
(c) She despises him.
(d) She loves him.

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

7. What is the narrator's oldest daughter like?
(a) Submissive to men.
(b) Strong-minded.
(c) Defers all decisions to her mother.
(d) Too lazy to study in school.

8. Of what is Aissatou's son, Mawdo Fall, a victim?
(a) An airplane crash.
(b) Racism.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Assault.

9. How does Modou feel about being married to Binetou?
(a) He expects to divorce her after he is tired of her.
(b) He is sorry he married her.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He believes she tricked him into marrying her.

10. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?
(a) Understanding and happines.
(b) Lots of children.
(c) The combined fortune of both of their houses.
(d) A new perspective on multiple marriages.

11. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?
(a) Having been a successful physcian.
(b) Senegal's socialism.
(c) Talking politics with the narrator's children.
(d) The narrator's rice pudding.

12. Why does the narrator learn to drive?
(a) To make Aissatou proud.
(b) She cannot drive; she hires a driver.
(c) To prove to Modou that she does not need him.
(d) So she can transport her children.

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

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

15. Who tells the narrator he will marry her after the mourning period is over for Modou?
(a) Mawdo.
(b) Tamsir.
(c) Samba Diack.
(d) Daouda Dieng.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?

3. What was the narrator's emotional response to an offer of marriage after Modou's death?

4. Who does the narrator blame for her husband taking a second wife?

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

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