3. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?
(a) She gives him an ultimatum.
(b) She forgives him.
(c) She pretends it didn't happen.
(d) She asks him to have it annulled.

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

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

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

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

8. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?
(a) Hurt.
(b) Angry.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Surprised.

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

10. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?
(a) Modou
(b) Tamsir
(c) Mawdo Bw
(d) Diang Douba

11. Who is the narrator's neighbor?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) A widower with two children.
(c) The griot woman.
(d) Her oldest daughter who is married.

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

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

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

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