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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel around Daouda Dieng?
(a) An equal.
(b) As just another woman to take care of a man.
(c) Put down.
(d) Desireable.

2. What does Daouda Dieng ask of the narrator?
(a) To run on a socialist ticket with him.
(b) To ask her advice about his youngest son.
(c) To marry him.
(d) He does not come back to visit again.

3. What has Daouda Dieng been called publicly?
(a) A racist.
(b) An embezzler.
(c) A feminist.
(d) A candidate for presidency.

4. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?
(a) Organize political rallies.
(b) Relive their youth to the beat of old songs.
(c) Sell tupperware.
(d) Compare and evaluate their husbands.

5. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's best friend.
(b) The narrator's first college professor.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The narrator's sister-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?

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

4. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?

5. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?

(see the answer key)

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