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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. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?
(a) A Catholic priest in the room.
(b) The nurse in the deceased person's room.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) Dr. Mawdo Bw.

2. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Samba Diack.
(b) Modou.
(c) Iba.
(d) Mawdo Bâ.

3. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?
(a) Complex and difficult to understand.
(b) Rigid.
(c) They don't really have a distinct culture separate from other African countries.
(d) Adaptable.

4. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?
(a) It signifies the slow death of traditional trades.
(b) It improves the country immensely.
(c) It causes immoral behavior among the young people.
(d) It increases live births.

5. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four months and ten days.
(c) She does not have to stay indoors.
(d) As long as it takes for her hair to grow long again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the younger generation speak?

2. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?

3. What profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?

4. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?

5. What does Modou think of the policies of the dominant party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Daba feel about her father marrying her best friend? Do you think Daba's friend, Binetou, had a choice in marrying Modou? What does the narrator think about Binetou agreement to marry the narrator's husband?

3. What does the narrator think of those who go to school instead of learning traditional crafts?

4. What contributed to Modou's success in his work environment?

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

6. What is the irony in the marriage offer from Dauoda?

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

8. What does people think about Mawdo's marriage to Aissatou?

9. Describe the narrator's living situation.

10. What is the first of Modou's secrets that is revealed?

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