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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?
(a) Hurt.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

2. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?
(a) She hides her distress from her visitors.
(b) She immediately packs and leaves for the United States.
(c) She flies into a rage and slaps Modou.
(d) She is indifferent since she is first wife and most important.

3. Who tells the narrator he will marry her after the mourning period is over for Modou?
(a) Samba Diack.
(b) Tamsir.
(c) Daouda Dieng.
(d) Mawdo.

4. What is the narrator's oldest daughter like?
(a) Defers all decisions to her mother.
(b) Submissive to men.
(c) Strong-minded.
(d) Too lazy to study in school.

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

6. Who pushes Aissatou, the narrator's daughter, to tell her mother about a difficult situation?
(a) Daba.
(b) Farmata.
(c) The principal at the school where Aissatou attends.
(d) Aissatou the elder.

7. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?
(a) She give no response hoping he'll forget.
(b) She asks for a year's wait.
(c) She say yes.
(d) She says no.

8. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?
(a) 12
(b) 33
(c) 19
(d) 25

9. What is the name of one of the narrator's children?
(a) Douda.
(b) Aissatou.
(c) Mgetu.
(d) Ubule.

10. Who makes repairs around the narrator's house now that her husband has abandoned her?
(a) No one; the narrator lets the house fall apart.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Mawdo.
(d) The narrator's uncle.

11. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?
(a) Nabou
(b) Kwise
(c) Aissatou
(d) Binetou

12. What does the narrator tell the answer to question #120 in response to his offer of marriage?
(a) She would be delighted to marry him.
(b) She would never marry him.
(c) She needs to think about it for awhile.
(d) She doesn't want to marry him but will live with him as his mistress.

13. How do the narrator's in-laws treat her after Modou marries Binetou?
(a) They tell her how bad a wife she was.
(b) They still visit her.
(c) They shun her.
(d) They invite her to live with them.

14. What does the narrator say about Tamsir as a provider?
(a) He does not provide for them as he left them.
(b) He does an adequate job of providing for his family.
(c) He showers his family with expensive presents.
(d) He is a poor provider and his wifes cannot make ends meet.

15. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?
(a) She wants to escape poverty through her daughter Binetou's marriage.
(b) She does not yet know about the marriage.
(c) She was appalled at the marriage of Binetou to Modou.
(d) She gave her permission for Binetou to marry so Binetou would be happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator blame for her husband taking a second wife?

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

3. What is Ibrahima Sall's occupation?

4. How does Binetou treat Modou?

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

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