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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?
(a) Nabou
(b) Binetou
(c) Aissatou
(d) Kwise

4. What do people think about the narrator rejecting Daouda Dieng and others for marriage?
(a) That she is gold digging.
(b) That she is unstable.
(c) That she is wise to forget about another marriage.
(d) That she wants to marry out of a need for revenge.

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

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

7. What does the narrator say about Tamsir as a provider?
(a) He is a poor provider and his wifes cannot make ends meet.
(b) He does an adequate job of providing for his family.
(c) He does not provide for them as he left them.
(d) He showers his family with expensive presents.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. How do the narrator's in-laws treat her after Modou marries Binetou?
(a) They still visit her.
(b) They invite her to live with them.
(c) They shun her.
(d) They tell her how bad a wife she was.

15. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?
(a) A candidate for presidency.
(b) A feminist.
(c) A racist.
(d) An embezzler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?

2. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?

3. What is ironic about Daouda Dieng's marriage proposal?

4. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?

5. What happens to her sons Alioune and Malick?

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