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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?
(a) A new home.
(b) A signed paper in which he committed to paying Binetou a monthly salary.
(c) A trip to Europe.
(d) Three cows and a bull.

2. What is the goal of the narrator's education?
(a) To make her attractive to men.
(b) To enable her to home school her children.
(c) To emancipate her from the traditional roles of African women.
(d) To earn a degree.

3. What happens when Modou and Binetou go out?
(a) Young people quietly make fun of them.
(b) They dance until the early morning hours.
(c) They enjoy themselves immensely.
(d) They argue about where to go.

4. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?
(a) Fawd Was
(b) Mawdo Bw
(c) Memsab Nw
(d) Biku

5. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Physician.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Herdsman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the country when the republic is born?

2. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?

3. Who is Aissatou?

4. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?

5. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?

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