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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?
(a) Dr. Mawdo Bw.
(b) A Catholic priest in the room.
(c) The nurse in the deceased person's room.
(d) The narrator's mother.

2. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?
(a) Money.
(b) A slave to be sacrificed on the funeral pyre.
(c) Land for the widows to live on.
(d) Forty head of sheep.

3. Who does Aissatou marry?
(a) Douda Raaw.
(b) Daouda Dieng.
(c) Mawdo Bw.
(d) Moudou.

4. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four months and ten days.
(c) As long as it takes for her hair to grow long again.
(d) She does not have to stay indoors.

5. According to the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?
(a) Nothing, she chased Modou.
(b) He promised her they'd move to America.
(c) He went to great lengths to have her.
(d) He told her father she was pregnant.

6. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?
(a) She didn't know about it.
(b) She was not alive at the time.
(c) She disapproved of it at first.
(d) She thought it was wonderful.

7. Who is Aunty Nabou?
(a) Mawdo's mother.
(b) The narrator's mother-in-law.
(c) The mother of the country's president.
(d) The narrator's second cousin.

8. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?
(a) To influence the next generation of men.
(b) To shape young people's minds.
(c) To get out of household chores.
(d) To earn an above-average salary.

9. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?
(a) Adaptable.
(b) Rigid.
(c) Complex and difficult to understand.
(d) They don't really have a distinct culture separate from other African countries.

10. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?
(a) Her in-laws are from Kenya, not Senegal.
(b) She is able to relax with them, which she can't do with her in-laws.
(c) Her in-laws belong to a different political party from her friends.
(d) Her friends are modern-minded; whereas the in-laws stick to tradition.

11. What profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Midwifery.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Veternarian.

12. Where did Modou go for a degree?
(a) France.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Britian.
(d) The United States.

13. How many sons does Aunty Nabou have?
(a) None.
(b) Five.
(c) Just one, Mawdo.
(d) Six.

14. What is said out loud during the mourning rituals?
(a) Verses from THE PROPHET.
(b) A poem citing the deceased warrior deeds.
(c) KORAN verses.
(d) A prayer for the resurrection of the deceased.

15. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?
(a) The man she marries is ugly.
(b) The man she marries is poor.
(c) The man she marries is Chinese.
(d) Aissatou is not good enough for the man she marries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?

3. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?

4. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?

5. What is remarkable about the narrator?

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