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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 profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Midwifery.
(d) Veternarian.

2. For whom does Modou work?
(a) The tribal chieftain.
(b) The president of the country.
(c) Trade union organizations.
(d) Shell oil.

3. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 2

4. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?
(a) The man she marries is poor.
(b) Aissatou is not good enough for the man she marries.
(c) The man she marries is ugly.
(d) The man she marries is Chinese.

5. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Englands.
(c) Diakhao.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Modou do with his degree?

2. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?

3. Of what significance is the narrator's unconventional marriage?

4. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?

5. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Farmata disappointed in how Ramatoulaye handles Aissatou's pregnancy?

2. What is the overall tone of the end of this collection of letters?

3. Why do you think the narrator still puts up with her in-laws who irritate her and who continue to visit despite the fact that Modou is no longer living with the narrator?

4. What is happening politically in these three chapters?

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

6. How do the narrator and her friends make their lives better?

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

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

9. What does the narrator persist in thinking about Modou's abandonment and what does Aissatou say about it?

10. Describe the process of "making donations." How does the narrator feel about this process?

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