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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?
(a) They would not marry any woman who went to school past sixth grade.
(b) The men would often insult educated women but desired them also.
(c) With deference.
(d) In awe that they could achieve such a difficult goal.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?

2. What profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?

3. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

4. Who is Aunty Nabou?

5. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a possible reason the narrator's first name is revealed in chapter 19?

2. How does Daouda ask for Ramatoulaye's hand in marriage and what is her response?

3. What is a mirasse?

4. How does the narrator adapt to the absence of her husband, Modou?

5. What are two things Modou mentions in his correspondence to the narrator?

6. What are the circumstances leading up to Modou marrying Binetou?

7. What is Mawdo Bw's attitude towards his marriage and father-in-law?

8. What does the narrator write in her diary as a young woman and remembers in this chapter?

9. How is Daouda Dieng significant to the narrator?

10. What is the irony in the marriage offer from Dauoda?

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