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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens whenever the narrator goes to the movies alone?
(a) She is able to have all the popcorn to herself.
(b) She receives looks of astonishment.
(c) She is accosted by men.
(d) She sneaks in without paying as she is now poor.

2. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?
(a) Men who want a traditional, submissive wife.
(b) No one because the narrator is too old.
(c) Men who want a woman who can earn a paycheck.
(d) Men who want her inheritance.

3. How does the narrator feel about Modou even several years after he marries Binetou?
(a) She wishes he would die.
(b) She hopes Binetou leaves him.
(c) She is indifferent to him.
(d) She still loves him.

4. Who tells the narrator he will marry her after the mourning period is over for Modou?
(a) Daouda Dieng.
(b) Mawdo.
(c) Samba Diack.
(d) Tamsir.

5. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?
(a) She was actually thinking of divorcing Modou.
(b) She loved being married.
(c) She felt Modou took advantage of her.
(d) She hated being married.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?

2. What does the narrator do to fill the void her husband's loss leaves?

3. What is the reason the narrator gives for not marrying Daouda Dieng?

4. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?

5. What does Daba suggest that her mother (the narrator) do?

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