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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 reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) For highter social status.
(b) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.
(c) She doesn't have any idea.
(d) Either love or madness.

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

3. What is the traditional contribution for funeral expenses from others?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Crafts to sell at market.
(d) Agricultural produce.

4. What does Aunty Nabou demand?
(a) That her brother help her discipline Mawdo.
(b) To take little Nabou, her brother's daughter, back home with her.
(c) Enough money to move to the West Indies.
(d) That they provide her a small stipend to live on.

5. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?
(a) That she has just had a baby boy.
(b) That she lost her husband today.
(c) That she has moved to Canada.
(d) That her eldest daughter is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?

2. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?

3. Who is Aissatou?

4. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?

5. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?

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