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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. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?
(a) To get out of household chores.
(b) To shape young people's minds.
(c) To influence the next generation of men.
(d) To earn an above-average salary.

2. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?
(a) The moment he saw her as a toddler.
(b) After their third child was finally in school.
(c) Through their school years.
(d) They were not very romantic.

3. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?
(a) With cold obligatory rituals.
(b) She is asked to return home immediately.
(c) Like a princess.
(d) With hesitation.

4. Who did Modou support politically?
(a) The dominant party.
(b) He wanted to stay part of the British empire.
(c) The political party who opposed the dominant one.
(d) His own small group.

5. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?
(a) Herdsman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?

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

3. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?

4. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

5. What does Aunty Nabou demand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ramatoulaye tease her friend, Aissatou, about, but what evidence is there that she accepts her friend?

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. Describe the narrator's living situation.

4. How does the narrator react to the news and what does she think?

5. What does Ramatoulaye feel about Daouda and his offer of marriage?

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator learn of Modou's new wife and what is she told?

10. How does the narrator feel about the problems with Aissatou?

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