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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 is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?
(a) Memsab Nw
(b) Biku
(c) Fawd Was
(d) Mawdo Bw

2. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?
(a) That they take advantage of Aissatou.
(b) That they are wonderfully warm people.
(c) That they should not have moved to the United States.
(d) That they do not respect Aissatou.

3. What is the traditional contribution for funeral expenses from others?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Crafts to sell at market.
(c) Agricultural produce.
(d) Cattle.

4. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?
(a) She is excited for help in the household.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) She takes her four sons and moves to the United States.
(d) She agrees to the arrangement, but the second wife is not allowed in Aissatou's home.

5. Why does Modou gain many promotions in his job?
(a) He bribes those in authority above him.
(b) His charisma and devotion to the workers' plight.
(c) He does not accept a salary for his work.
(d) His father-in-law is in charge where he works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?

2. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?

3. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?

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

5. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Modou go to France?

2. How is Daouda Dieng significant to the narrator?

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

4. Compare and contrast the second marriages of Mawdo and Modou.

5. 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?

6. How does the family feel about Ibrahima?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo accepting a second wife from his mother?

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