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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 does Aunty Nabou demand?
(a) To take little Nabou, her brother's daughter, back home with her.
(b) Enough money to move to the West Indies.
(c) That her brother help her discipline Mawdo.
(d) That they provide her a small stipend to live on.

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 does Modou complain about in his letters?
(a) Racial discrimination.
(b) The cold weather in France.
(c) The difficulty of the coursework.
(d) The quality of the petit fours.

4. How many sons does Aunty Nabou have?
(a) Six.
(b) Just one, Mawdo.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

5. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?
(a) They love their profession.
(b) It's a necessary evil.
(c) They hate teaching.
(d) It's something to pay the bills, though not very exciting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?

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

3. Who is Aunty Nabou?

4. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?

5. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence of Modou's negligence to his first family is there? How does the narrator react?

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

3. Describe the narrator's living situation.

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

5. What contributed to Modou's success in his work environment?

6. How does Daba feel about her father marrying her best friend? Do you think Daba's friend, Binetou, had a choice in marrying Modou? What does the narrator think about Binetou agreement to marry the narrator's husband?

7. Why is Farmata disappointed in how Ramatoulaye handles Aissatou's pregnancy?

8. What is a mirasse?

9. How is Daouda Dieng significant to the narrator?

10. What tradition surrounding her husband's death does the narrator dislike and why?

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