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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is proof that times have changed?
(a) Her son is accepted at Oxford in England.
(b) Ramatoulaye's daughter's pregnancy though she is not married.
(c) The new president of Senegal is a woman.
(d) That woman are now considered equals to men in Senegal.

2. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 18

3. Who is disappointed about how the narrator handles Aissatou's problem?
(a) Aissatou the elder.
(b) Farmata.
(c) Mawbe.
(d) Modou.

4. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?
(a) That they should not have moved to the United States.
(b) That they are wonderfully warm people.
(c) That they do not respect Aissatou.
(d) That they take advantage of Aissatou.

5. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?
(a) That she lost her husband today.
(b) That she has moved to Canada.
(c) That her eldest daughter is dead.
(d) That she has just had a baby boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first visit, what does Daouda Dieng promise?

2. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?

3. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?

4. What does the narrator find when she rushes to the hospital?

5. Who are "the trio?"

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