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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?
(a) Adaptable.
(b) They don't really have a distinct culture separate from other African countries.
(c) Rigid.
(d) Complex and difficult to understand.

2. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?
(a) The people do not donate very much.
(b) Most people decline to donate?
(c) It's too late to save others with needed medications.
(d) The people resent donating.

3. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He never legally married his second wife.
(b) He had abandoned his first wife (the narrator) and her children to live with Binetou.
(c) He made a pact with an Inman to send his son to England.
(d) He had four illegitimate children.

4. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Herdsman.

5. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?
(a) Land for the widows to live on.
(b) Forty head of sheep.
(c) Money.
(d) A slave to be sacrificed on the funeral pyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?

2. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?

3. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?

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

5. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?

(see the answer key)

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