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

2. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?
(a) Glad that it does not cost much.
(b) They do not believe it is sufficient to be legal.
(c) Disapproval.
(d) Excited that she is using her education to change traditions.

3. To whom do the wives give money?
(a) No one; they keep it all for themselves.
(b) Their in-laws.
(c) The government in the form of taxes.
(d) Their children.

4. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?
(a) She disapproved of it at first.
(b) She was not alive at the time.
(c) She thought it was wonderful.
(d) She didn't know about it.

5. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?
(a) Light the funeral pyre.
(b) Wail while walking around the outside of the home.
(c) Wash the dead person's body.
(d) Cover their heads with yellow cloth for two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Binetou treat Modou?

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

3. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?

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

5. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

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