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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?
2. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?
3. After the first visit, what does Daouda Dieng promise?
4. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?
5. From what type of background does Binetou come?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Marriage has changed dramatically in the United States even in the last fifty years. Research as to how marriage has changed in the United States. Do you think marriage will eventually be a thing of the past? Is marriage important for the stability of a culture? How would the culture of the United States change if there was no such thing as legal marriage? How would this impact the well being of children? Are there advantages to not having the institution of marriage?
Essay Topic 2
Unlike many Senegalese women, the narrator is a working mother, even before her husband left her. Much research has been done on the effect of a two-parent working family on children. What does the research seem to suggest? What are some possible ways to solve the problem of the need for both parents to work outside of the home in the United States? More and more men are becoming stay-at-home fathers while their wives are the primary breadwinners. After researching the dynamics of male/female power structure in Senegal today, do you think this phenomenon is taking place there also? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Ramatoulaye, the narrator is dealing with the grief of the death of her husband, whom she still loves, though he abandoned her. Grief is an integral aspect of every culture, though different cultures have different ways of dealing with grief. Choose three cultures from three different continents around the world and research the concept of grief in each one. Explain how each culture has traditions in place to deal with grief. Compare and contrast the three cultures and their attitudes about grief and the ways their people deal with grief.
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