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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. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?
(a) After their third child was finally in school.
(b) Through their school years.
(c) The moment he saw her as a toddler.
(d) They were not very romantic.

2. According to the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?
(a) He promised her they'd move to America.
(b) He went to great lengths to have her.
(c) Nothing, she chased Modou.
(d) He told her father she was pregnant.

3. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?
(a) Biku
(b) Memsab Nw
(c) Mawdo Bw
(d) Fawd Was

4. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?
(a) A nice villa.
(b) A new mercedes benz.
(c) Two thoroughbred horses for racing.
(d) A diamond necklace.

5. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?
(a) The man she marries is ugly.
(b) The man she marries is poor.
(c) Aissatou is not good enough for the man she marries.
(d) The man she marries is Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?

2. Who is Aissatou?

3. Who leads the country when the republic is born?

4. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?

5. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ramatoulaye tease her friend, Aissatou, about, but what evidence is there that she accepts her friend?

2. 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?

3. How do the narrator and her friends make their lives better?

4. Why do you think the narrator still puts up with her in-laws who irritate her and who continue to visit despite the fact that Modou is no longer living with the narrator?

5. Describe the wake scene for Modou.

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

7. What does Modou do upon returning from France?

8. What does Ramatoulaye feel about Daouda and his offer of marriage?

9. How does Mawdo's mother take revenge agains Aissatou?

10. Discuss the ritual of taking down the hair.

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