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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who inherits Binetou's villa after Modou's death?
(a) No one, it had to be sold to pay taxes.
(b) Daba and her husband.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Binetou.

2. Why does the narrator learn to drive?
(a) She cannot drive; she hires a driver.
(b) To prove to Modou that she does not need him.
(c) To make Aissatou proud.
(d) So she can transport her children.

3. After the first visit, what does Daouda Dieng promise?
(a) He will return to ask her something.
(b) He doesn't make any promises.
(c) That he will have some thugs beat up Modou.
(d) That he will give her some money for food.

4. What is Ibrahima Sall's occupation?
(a) A physician.
(b) An infantry man in the military.
(c) A law student.
(d) A policeman.

5. When is the narrator involved that her husband has married a second wife?
(a) She is never told.
(b) On the evening of the wedding.
(c) A year later.
(d) Six months before he does so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Modou and Binetou go out?

2. Who gives the narrator a brand new car?

3. How does the narrator view herself at age fifty?

4. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?

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

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