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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is one secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He never believed in the Koran.
(b) He had serious financial problems.
(c) He had two other wives secretly.
(d) He loved to travel to America.
2. For whom does Modou work?
(a) Trade union organizations.
(b) The tribal chieftain.
(c) Shell oil.
(d) The president of the country.
3. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?
(a) 25
(b) 19
(c) 33
(d) 12
4. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?
(a) It causes immoral behavior among the young people.
(b) It improves the country immensely.
(c) It signifies the slow death of traditional trades.
(d) It increases live births.
5. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?
(a) She takes her four sons and moves to the United States.
(b) She agrees to the arrangement, but the second wife is not allowed in Aissatou's home.
(c) She kills herself.
(d) She is excited for help in the household.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two woman does the narrator compare?
2. To whom do the wives give money?
3. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?
4. To what does the narrator compare teachers?
5. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?
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