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This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter '....One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs knock one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end.' On what occasion do these lines occur in the novel?

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After the confession of Ramatoulaye's daughter, that she was pregnant

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At the burial ceremony of Ramatoulaye's husband

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When Ramatoulaye was learning to drive the Flat 125

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When Ramatoulaye saw her mother sick in bed

This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter '....One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when...