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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?
(a) His dexterity and artistry.
(b) His prize cow.
(c) His ability to work though he is handicapped.
(d) His willingness to cry at his daughter's wedding.

2. Of what is Aunty Nabou proud?
(a) Her son's profession.
(b) Her noble origins.
(c) Her large herd of cows.
(d) Her wedgewood china.

3. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?
(a) That he probably wasn't from her country.
(b) That he was not very bright.
(c) That he was attractive and intelligent.
(d) That he needed to gain a little weight.

4. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) She doesn't have any idea.
(b) For highter social status.
(c) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.
(d) Either love or madness.

5. Which wife receives the most money?
(a) They receive an equal amount.
(b) The pretty one.
(c) Neither receive money.
(d) The narrator.

6. What does Mawdo tell the narrator about having two sons with Nabou?
(a) That he will now divorce Nabou.
(b) That women do not understand that men are partly driven by animal instincts.
(c) That he has learned to love Nabou as much as Aissatou.
(d) That he is giving the boys up for adoption.

7. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 9
(d) 3

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

9. What is remarkable about the narrator?
(a) She was the only female pilot in Senegal.
(b) She had been one of the first educated women in Senegal.
(c) She won an Olympic gold medal in track.
(d) She gave birth to a set of sextuplets all of whom survived.

10. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Englands.
(c) Diakhao.
(d) Kenya.

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

12. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?
(a) Whose grief is genuine.
(b) If she might find a man to marry among them.
(c) If any were an enemy of the deceased.
(d) How much each person will donate.

13. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) It determines who will marry her.
(b) It can sometimes result in death.
(c) It is very painful.
(d) It reveals what others think about her.

14. What is the mirasse?
(a) A pilgrimage to Mecca.
(b) A vision the widow finds on a quest in the desert.
(c) A payment of 10 dollars from the government for the widow.
(d) A family meeting required by the Koran where the deceased's secrets are exposed.

15. What field is Modou's degree?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Law.
(d) Architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the country when the republic is born?

2. To whom is the narrator writing her diary?

3. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?

4. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?

5. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

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