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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) Midwifery.
(b) Veternarian.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Nursing.

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

3. Who does little Nabou marry at Aunty Nabou's insistence?
(a) Dieng Dw.
(b) No one; her aunt insists she remain single.
(c) Modou.
(d) Mawdo.

4. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) She doesn't have any idea.
(b) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.
(c) Either love or madness.
(d) For highter social status.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mirasse?

2. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?

3. Who suffers a heart attack?

4. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?

5. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator adapt to the absence of her husband, Modou?

2. What is the response that many of those around Ramatoulaye have to the offer of marriage by Daouda and why?

3. Describe the wake scene for Modou.

4. How does the family feel about Ibrahima?

5. Describe the narrator's living situation.

6. How does Mawdo's mother take revenge agains Aissatou?

7. How does Daouda ask for Ramatoulaye's hand in marriage and what is her response?

8. What does the widow have to do after the funeral of her husband? How does she feel about this?

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

10. 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?

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