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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the narrator's daughter Aissatou kept from the narrator?
(a) That she has quit school.
(b) That she is planning to run away to Europe.
(c) That she is three months pregnant.
(d) That her boyfriend already has one wife.

2. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?
(a) Modou
(b) Tamsir
(c) Diang Douba
(d) Mawdo Bw

3. Why does the narrator learn to drive?
(a) To prove to Modou that she does not need him.
(b) She cannot drive; she hires a driver.
(c) To make Aissatou proud.
(d) So she can transport her children.

4. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's looks of admiration?
(a) She lowers her eyes in submission.
(b) She is hoping he wants to marry her.
(c) She flirts with him.
(d) She is embarrassed.

5. What happens to her sons Alioune and Malick?
(a) They both refuse to marry who their mother has chosen for them.
(b) They are kidnapped by their father.
(c) They quit school to support their mother.
(d) They are hit by a motorcycle.

6. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?
(a) Men who want a woman who can earn a paycheck.
(b) Men who want her inheritance.
(c) Men who want a traditional, submissive wife.
(d) No one because the narrator is too old.

7. How does the narrator feel about Modou even several years after he marries Binetou?
(a) She hopes Binetou leaves him.
(b) She still loves him.
(c) She wishes he would die.
(d) She is indifferent to him.

8. Now that Modou has left her, how does the narrator travel with her children?
(a) On public transportation.
(b) They can't afford to travel.
(c) By taxi.
(d) On foot.

9. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?
(a) Entertaining boys at home while their mother is gone.
(b) Corresponding with boys on the internet.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Piercing their ears.

10. What happens whenever the narrator goes to the movies alone?
(a) She receives looks of astonishment.
(b) She is accosted by men.
(c) She is able to have all the popcorn to herself.
(d) She sneaks in without paying as she is now poor.

11. Who does the narrator blame for her children's problems?
(a) No one; they have few problems.
(b) Their own selves.
(c) Her deceased husband.
(d) Herself.

12. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?
(a) She felt Modou took advantage of her.
(b) She hated being married.
(c) She loved being married.
(d) She was actually thinking of divorcing Modou.

13. Who does the narrator blame for her husband taking a second wife?
(a) Having too many children.
(b) Herself.
(c) Modou.
(d) She says no one is to blame.

14. What two woman does the narrator compare?
(a) Daba and Binetou.
(b) Nabou and Binetou.
(c) Aissatou and herself.
(d) Aunty Nabou and Lady Mother-in-law.

15. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?
(a) A new perspective on multiple marriages.
(b) The combined fortune of both of their houses.
(c) Lots of children.
(d) Understanding and happines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to have romantic intentions for the narrator since Modou left her?

2. How does the narrator view herself at age fifty?

3. What does the narrator tell the answer to question #120 in response to his offer of marriage?

4. Who helps care for the narrator's children when they are sick?

5. How does Modou feel about being married to Binetou?

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