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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think hurt Modou's career?
(a) His greed.
(b) Marrying a second wife.
(c) His lack of education.
(d) The narrator's full social life.

2. Who are "the trio?"
(a) The narrator's sons: Mawbe, Mobou, Jr., Douda.
(b) The narrator's daughters: Arame, Yacine, and Dieynaba
(c) The narrator and her two best friends, Assiatou and Farmata.
(d) The three men in charge of the government of Senegal.

3. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?
(a) Daba
(b) Aissatou
(c) Nabou
(d) Aunty Nabou

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed since the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13?

2. In what way does the narrator believe lies her happiness?

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

4. How does Binetou feel about her marriage to Modou?

5. What does the narrator say about Tamsir as a provider?

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