So Long a Letter Chapter 23 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge

Questions and Answers

Love

By asking if she will be wearing traditional clothing or man's trousers

The balanced pairing of a man and a woman

Ibrahim and young Aissatou Signup and view all the answers

Hope Signup and view all the answers

A future with problems that can be overcome with freedom, love, and understanding Signup and view all the answers

Using Western utensils, chairs, tables Signup and view all the answers

'Love' Signup and view all the answers

'Reshaping her life' Signup and view all the answers

To remain open and hopeful despite past experiences Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Ramatoulaye has multiple children, including Mawdo Fall, twins, Daba, Aissatou, Dieynaba, Arama, Yacine, Malick, and Alioune.
Mawdo Fall is in conflict with his teacher, who discriminates against him because of his race.
Daba has a modern and balanced marriage.
Aissatou has taken responsibility for looking after her siblings.

Ramatoulaye grapples with parenting adolescents and young adults, allowing them freedom and independence.
She discovers three of her children (Dieynaba, Arama, and Yacine) have taken up smoking, which she refuses to tolerate.
Ramatoulaye ponders the relationship between modernism and moral standards.

Malick and Alioune are hit by a motorcycle, and Malick may have a broken arm.
Aissatou is three months pregnant, and Ramatoulaye advises her to be strong and not rush into early marriage.
Binetou agrees to an early marriage, despite Ramatoulaye's advice.

Modou takes a second wife, Binetou, without Ramatoulaye's knowledge or consent.
Ramatoulaye reflects on her mother's old suspicions about Modou and the years of marriage leading to this point.
She is devastated but doesn't reveal her feelings to the visitors.

Ramatoulaye's daughter Daba is furious and wants her mother to send Modou away.
Ramatoulaye reflects on her options, considering leaving Modou and examining how others in her condition have fared.
She thinks about her friend Jacqueline's experience with a cheating husband and the consequences of her decision.

Ramatoulaye decides to support her daughter Aissatou despite her pregnancy outside of wedlock.
She chooses to help Aissatou through her shame, pain, and repentance.
Fartama disapproves of Ramatoulaye's decision, warning her that it will set a bad example for her other daughters.

Ibrahima Sall, the father of Aissatou's child, is a law student who respects and loves Aissatou.
Rama looks towards her family's future and her own with hope.