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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator view herself at age fifty?
(a) As someone too old to attract another man.
(b) As someone whose life is almost over.
(c) As a good catch for a wife.
(d) As a liberated woman.

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

3. What does the narrator tell the answer to question #120 in response to his offer of marriage?
(a) She doesn't want to marry him but will live with him as his mistress.
(b) She needs to think about it for awhile.
(c) She would never marry him.
(d) She would be delighted to marry him.

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

5. Who does the narrator blame for her husband taking a second wife?
(a) Herself.
(b) Modou.
(c) Having too many children.
(d) She says no one is to blame.

6. What does the narrator fear about her child-raising skills?
(a) That she relied upon Modou too much.
(b) That she was too strict.
(c) That she let her mother-in-law take care of the kids too much.
(d) That she has been too permissive.

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?
(a) That Aissatou should have stayed.
(b) That Aissatou is immoral.
(c) That Aissatou never loved Mawdo.
(d) The narrator approves of the choice.

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

12. What was the narrator's emotional response to an offer of marriage after Modou's death?
(a) Fearful but willing.
(b) Hesitant because of her children.
(c) Outrage at being treated as an object.
(d) Excited by the prospect.

13. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's looks of admiration?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She lowers her eyes in submission.
(c) She is hoping he wants to marry her.
(d) She flirts with him.

14. 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 is indifferent since she is first wife and most important.
(d) She flies into a rage and slaps Modou.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator's neighbor?

2. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?

3. What does the narrator do to fill the void her husband's loss leaves?

4. What does the narrator say about Tamsir as a provider?

5. Of what is Aissatou's son, Mawdo Fall, a victim?

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