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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what type of background does Binetou come?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) A poor background.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Nobility.

2. Who is Aunty Nabou?
(a) The narrator's mother-in-law.
(b) The narrator's second cousin.
(c) Mawdo's mother.
(d) The mother of the country's president.

3. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?
(a) Because this hospital has no electric paddles.
(b) Because death is an act of fate.
(c) Because it is this person's second heart attack this year.
(d) Because that person should die for sins commited.

4. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?
(a) The population boom.
(b) people People now prefer western medicine to the traditional medicine.
(c) The AIDS epidemic.
(d) Finding a cure for sickle cell anemia.

5. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?
(a) To get out of household chores.
(b) To influence the next generation of men.
(c) To earn an above-average salary.
(d) To shape young people's minds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?

2. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?

3. Who suffers a heart attack?

4. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?

5. Of what significance is the narrator's unconventional marriage?

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