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

2. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?
(a) The men are dressed in native garb, but not the women.
(b) The men are loud and boisterous while the women weep quietly.
(c) The men eat but the women do not.
(d) The women talk and the men are silent.

3. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?
(a) For the narrator's presence and black complexion.
(b) A home-cooked meal.
(c) His family and friends.
(d) Enough money to come home and visit.

4. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?
(a) To have a female to care for her in her old age.
(b) To find her a good husband.
(c) To help her become highly educated.
(d) To shape her into what she thinks a noble woman should be-obedient.

5. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?
(a) A signed paper in which he committed to paying Binetou a monthly salary.
(b) Three cows and a bull.
(c) A new home.
(d) A trip to Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aunty Nabou?

2. What is the mirasse?

3. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?

4. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?

5. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Modou go to France?

2. How does the narrator react to Modou's death?

3. What does people think about Mawdo's marriage to Aissatou?

4. How does the narrator feel about Tamsir's (Modou's brother) offer of marriage to take place after the mourning period? Why does Tamsir make this offer of marriage?

5. What is the first of Modou's secrets that is revealed?

6. What is the response that many of those around Ramatoulaye have to the offer of marriage by Daouda and why?

7. What are the narrator's concerns for some of her children?

8. What does the widow have to do after the funeral of her husband? How does she feel about this?

9. How does the narrator feel about the problems with Aissatou?

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

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