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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Binetou treat Modou?
2. Who does the narrator blame for her husband taking a second wife?
3. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?
4. What decision does the narrator make about her daughters?
5. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Much is written in this book about the fact that education is necessary for a country to grow and become strong economically and to bring about equality of the sexes. The United States educational system is said to be on the decline, which may result in the United States being less competitive in the marketplace in the future. Research educational systems in several countries around the world; choose at least one country considered to be "third world," and one labeled "Western world." Compare and contrast their educational systems. How has the availability or lack of educational opportunities helped or hurt a country's general living conditions? In your opinion, what does the United States need to do to improve their educational system?
Essay Topic 2
Morality is another concept that seems to be taught and thought about less often now than in the time of So Long A Letter. How has morality changed in the United States since the 1950's? What is considered acceptable now that was considered immoral then? What is still considered immoral now as then? Should morality change? Is the differences between what was considered moral behavior then versus now that significant? Has the United States been negatively impacted by the changing moral climate of the country? Has it been positively impacted? Such areas to consider might be marriage vs. living together; gay relationships; cheating or stealing; parent-child relationships.
Essay Topic 3
Women have little economic or political power in Senegal at the time this book is set in the 1950-1960s. Research how if at all, Senegal has changed since the time of the setting of this book in terms of the equality between men and women. Would you want to live in a culture as that of Senegal of that time? Why or why not?
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