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

2. Why is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?
(a) Because they praise both wifes equally.
(b) Because they do not sing the complete song.
(c) Because they do not remember the narrator's name.
(d) Because they sing out of key.

3. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?
(a) Forty head of sheep.
(b) Land for the widows to live on.
(c) A slave to be sacrificed on the funeral pyre.
(d) Money.

4. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?
(a) With cold obligatory rituals.
(b) She is asked to return home immediately.
(c) With hesitation.
(d) Like a princess.

5. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?
(a) Why she married Modou.
(b) Why Modou doesn't divorce the narrator.
(c) How education is so good for women.
(d) The duties of an employed mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?

2. For whom does Modou work?

3. What is one secret revealed about the deceased?

4. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?

5. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?

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