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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does little Nabou marry at Aunty Nabou's insistence?
(a) Modou.
(b) No one; her aunt insists she remain single.
(c) Mawdo.
(d) Dieng Dw.

2. What is remarkable about the narrator?
(a) She was the only female pilot in Senegal.
(b) She gave birth to a set of sextuplets all of whom survived.
(c) She won an Olympic gold medal in track.
(d) She had been one of the first educated women in Senegal.

3. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?
(a) They hate teaching.
(b) It's something to pay the bills, though not very exciting.
(c) It's a necessary evil.
(d) They love their profession.

4. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Iba.
(b) Modou.
(c) Samba Diack.
(d) Mawdo Bâ.

5. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's best friend.
(b) The narrator's sister-in-law.
(c) The narrator's first college professor.
(d) The narrator's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?

2. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?

3. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?

4. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?

5. Which wife receives the most money?

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