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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?
(a) That he was attractive and intelligent.
(b) That he needed to gain a little weight.
(c) That he was not very bright.
(d) That he probably wasn't from her country.

2. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?
(a) The men would often insult educated women but desired them also.
(b) They would not marry any woman who went to school past sixth grade.
(c) In awe that they could achieve such a difficult goal.
(d) With deference.

3. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?
(a) His willingness to cry at his daughter's wedding.
(b) His dexterity and artistry.
(c) His prize cow.
(d) His ability to work though he is handicapped.

4. To whom do the wives give money?
(a) Their in-laws.
(b) The government in the form of taxes.
(c) Their children.
(d) No one; they keep it all for themselves.

5. Who leads the country when the republic is born?
(a) A dictator who is elected through corruption.
(b) The dominant political party.
(c) A group of 15 men.
(d) The former king, who agrees to share power.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?

2. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

3. Who does little Nabou marry at Aunty Nabou's insistence?

4. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?

5. To whom is the narrator writing her diary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two things Modou mentions in his correspondence to the narrator?

2. How might Aissatou's situation be a bigger problem in Senegal than for a woman with the same situation in the United States. What are the similarities?

3. What happens to the relationship between Modou and his first wife, the narrator? Do you think it is Binetou's fault for how Modou handles his two marriages?

4. What is special about the narrator and how is this looked upon?

5. How does the narrator react to Modou's death?

6. Why is Mawdo's life as a physician successful and what are the implications of this?

7. Why does Modou go to France?

8. With what does Aissatou surprise the narrator and what is Modou's response? Does it surprise you, the reader, that another woman would give a car to a her best friend when the husband is not providing for her?

9. What is Mawdo Bw's attitude towards his marriage and father-in-law?

10. How would you describe Ramatoulaye's attitudes about men and women? Could she be considered a feminist?

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