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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?
(a) 55
(b) 30
(c) 1
(d) 22

2. What does Daouda Dieng ask of the narrator?
(a) To run on a socialist ticket with him.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To ask her advice about his youngest son.
(d) He does not come back to visit again.

3. How does the narrator feel about Modou even several years after he marries Binetou?
(a) She wishes he would die.
(b) She hopes Binetou leaves him.
(c) She still loves him.
(d) She is indifferent to him.

4. Who is disappointed about how the narrator handles Aissatou's problem?
(a) Mawbe.
(b) Farmata.
(c) Aissatou the elder.
(d) Modou.

5. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 0

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?

2. What was the narrator's emotional response to an offer of marriage after Modou's death?

3. What can mothers do today as far as their daughters and sexual activity?

4. What do people think about the narrator rejecting Daouda Dieng and others for marriage?

5. Why does the narrator learn to drive?

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