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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Chapter 7", what does the narrator say has failed?
(a) Union negotiations.
(b) A chance for peace.
(c) The French.
(d) Humanity.

2. In "Chapter 3", how does Maimouna make her way out of the marketplace?
(a) By using a stick to guide her.
(b) With the help of strangers.
(c) She doesn't get out of the marketplace.
(d) By following a fellow seller.

3. In "Chapter 7", why do the French soldiers beat Ad'jibid'ji and Niakoro?
(a) They are searching for weapons.
(b) They routinely beat them.
(c) They are robbing them.
(d) They are looking for Keita.

4. In "Chapter 10", how does Sounkare describe his life as he visits the strike committee?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Loved.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Pleasant.

5. Why do Bakayoko's co-leaders call off the striking action in "Chapter 3"?
(a) Because management wants to meet and talk.
(b) Because they want to rest.
(c) Because management won't negotiate.
(d) Because they have lost too many people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Niakoro resent about Ad'jibid'ji?

2. In "Chapter 2", how do the residents of Thies act as they wake up?

3. In "Chapter 9", what does Mame Sofi say when she hears N'Deye Touti talking about the confrontation?

4. What does Maimouna ask Penda about her child in "Chapter 11"?

5. In "Chapter 5", what does Beaugosse reveal about his job?

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