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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. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?
(a) Because this hospital has no electric paddles.
(b) Because it is this person's second heart attack this year.
(c) Because death is an act of fate.
(d) Because that person should die for sins commited.

2. Who leads the country when the republic is born?
(a) A dictator who is elected through corruption.
(b) A group of 15 men.
(c) The dominant political party.
(d) The former king, who agrees to share power.

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

4. Of what does the younger generation speak?
(a) Becoming a democracy.
(b) Moving to Europe or the United States.
(c) The need for more computer literacy.
(d) Independence.

5. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?
(a) She is able to relax with them, which she can't do with her in-laws.
(b) Her in-laws belong to a different political party from her friends.
(c) Her in-laws are from Kenya, not Senegal.
(d) Her friends are modern-minded; whereas the in-laws stick to tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mirasse?

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

3. To whom do the wives give money?

4. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?

5. What dos the narrator do as a profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator persist in thinking about Modou's abandonment and what does Aissatou say about it?

2. What is special about the narrator and how is this looked upon?

3. What is a mirasse?

4. 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?

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

6. What happens to the relationship between Modou and his first wife, the narrator? Do you think it is Binetou's fault for how Modou handles his two marriages?

7. What does Modou do upon returning from France?

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

9. What does the narrator think of those who go to school instead of learning traditional crafts?

10. 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?

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