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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?
2. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?
3. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?
4. Who are "the trio?"
5. In what academic class is Mawdo Fall having difficulties?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Forgiveness. Many people think of forgiveness as an individual act of one person forgiving someone else, as in the story when Ramatoulaye forgives first her husband for deserting her and then her daughter, Aissatou for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. This is one type of forgiveness, but let's look at forgiveness on a grander scale. Research and write an essay on how Germany was treated at the end of WWI versus the end of WWII--what were the differences?
How did the harsh treatment of Germany after WWI contribute to WWII happening, if it did--would Germany have become a different country if it had been treated with forgiveness after WWI?
Do you think that the fact that Germany, Italy, and Japan are successful nations today has to do with the forgiveness offered them after WWII--discuss whether nations be forgiven aggression after they are defeated and how much reparations should be exacted.
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