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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of one of the narrator's children?
(a) Ubule.
(b) Douda.
(c) Aissatou.
(d) Mgetu.

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

3. What is the narrator's oldest daughter like?
(a) Submissive to men.
(b) Too lazy to study in school.
(c) Defers all decisions to her mother.
(d) Strong-minded.

4. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?
(a) Senegal's socialism.
(b) The narrator's rice pudding.
(c) Having been a successful physcian.
(d) Talking politics with the narrator's children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?

2. Who gives the narrator a brand new car?

3. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?

4. Who tells the narrator he will marry her after the mourning period is over for Modou?

5. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?

(see the answer keys)

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