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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) A ritual to discover if a woman is a virgin.
(b) Their sisters-in-law have to take down the new widows' hair.
(c) The widow(s) have to be branded.
(d) A test to learn if a woman is pregnant.

2. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?
(a) She flies into a rage and slaps Modou.
(b) She hides her distress from her visitors.
(c) She is indifferent since she is first wife and most important.
(d) She immediately packs and leaves for the United States.

3. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?
(a) That Aissatou is immoral.
(b) That Aissatou never loved Mawdo.
(c) That Aissatou should have stayed.
(d) The narrator approves of the choice.

4. Of what is Aunty Nabou proud?
(a) Her son's profession.
(b) Her large herd of cows.
(c) Her wedgewood china.
(d) Her noble origins.

5. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) It can sometimes result in death.
(b) It is very painful.
(c) It determines who will marry her.
(d) It reveals what others think about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?

2. What profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?

3. What does Modou do with his degree?

4. What happens when Modou and Binetou go out?

5. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?

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