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

5. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?
(a) Men who want her inheritance.
(b) Men who want a traditional, submissive wife.
(c) No one because the narrator is too old.
(d) Men who want a woman who can earn a paycheck.

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

7. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?
(a) She gave her permission for Binetou to marry so Binetou would be happy.
(b) She does not yet know about the marriage.
(c) She wants to escape poverty through her daughter Binetou's marriage.
(d) She was appalled at the marriage of Binetou to Modou.

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

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

10. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?
(a) Corresponding with boys on the internet.
(b) Entertaining boys at home while their mother is gone.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Piercing their ears.

11. In what way does the narrator believe lies her happiness?
(a) Killing herself.
(b) Being part of a couple.
(c) Giving her children to relatives to raise.
(d) Moving to the United States to live with Aissatou.

12. What has the narrator's daughter Aissatou kept from the narrator?
(a) That she is planning to run away to Europe.
(b) That her boyfriend already has one wife.
(c) That she is three months pregnant.
(d) That she has quit school.

13. What happens to her sons Alioune and Malick?
(a) They quit school to support their mother.
(b) They both refuse to marry who their mother has chosen for them.
(c) They are kidnapped by their father.
(d) They are hit by a motorcycle.

14. What is the name of one of the narrator's children?
(a) Ubule.
(b) Mgetu.
(c) Douda.
(d) Aissatou.

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