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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?

2. How does the narrator feel around Daouda Dieng?

3. What happens when Modou and Binetou go out?

4. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greed has been one of the strongest motivators for much of the trauma that has happened among humanity--everything from stealing, lying, and cheating to murder, war, and genocide can be traced to individual and national greed. Find four significant events in history that happened almost solely because of greed. Discuss each event. What are the similarities among the events? What was the outcome? Who profited? Who were the losers? Is greed still a big motivator?

Essay Topic 2

How different would this book be if it were set in the United States? Japan? Discuss some of the differences among Senegal, the United States, and Japan, as far as the relationship between men and women, the power or lack of power of women. What are some similarities?

Essay Topic 3

Besides morality having changed in the United States, the differences between what is considered right and wrong vary from culture to culture. Research three cultures other than the United States whose predominant religions are different and learn about their ideas of right and wrong. (For example, use a country where Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism are the predominant religion). Discuss how these three cultures differ. How are they similar? Do you feel more comfortable with one culture over the other two? Why?

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