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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two woman does the narrator compare?
(a) Nabou and Binetou.
(b) Aissatou and herself.
(c) Daba and Binetou.
(d) Aunty Nabou and Lady Mother-in-law.

2. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?
(a) Entertaining boys at home while their mother is gone.
(b) Corresponding with boys on the internet.
(c) Piercing their ears.
(d) Smoking.

3. Who is the narrator's neighbor?
(a) The griot woman.
(b) Her mother-in-law.
(c) Her oldest daughter who is married.
(d) A widower with two children.

4. Now that Modou has left her, how does the narrator travel with her children?
(a) On foot.
(b) They can't afford to travel.
(c) On public transportation.
(d) By taxi.

5. What was the narrator's emotional response to an offer of marriage after Modou's death?
(a) Hesitant because of her children.
(b) Outrage at being treated as an object.
(c) Fearful but willing.
(d) Excited by the prospect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator's in-laws treat her after Modou marries Binetou?

2. Who seems to have romantic intentions for the narrator since Modou left her?

3. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?

4. What kind of clothes do her daughters wear?

5. What does Daouda Dieng think is necessary to help the development of Senegal?

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