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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?
(a) Modou
(b) Mawdo Bw
(c) Diang Douba
(d) Tamsir

3. Who is Daouda Dieng?
(a) The head of the police in Senegal.
(b) The narrator's brother.
(c) The narrator's maternal uncle.
(d) The boy her mother prefers over Modou.

4. What dos the narrator do as a profession?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A housewife.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A physician.

5. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?
(a) The dead person's co-wife.
(b) The shamen of the tribe.
(c) The deceased male relatives.
(d) All the children from all the wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunty Nabou demand?

2. According to the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?

3. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?

4. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?

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

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