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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Aissatou marry?
(a) Mawdo Bw.
(b) Douda Raaw.
(c) Moudou.
(d) Daouda Dieng.

2. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?
(a) 3
(b) 9
(c) 1
(d) 0

3. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's sister.
(b) The narrator's best friend.
(c) The narrator's sister-in-law.
(d) The narrator's first college professor.

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

5. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?
(a) Because that person should die for sins commited.
(b) Because death is an act of fate.
(c) Because this hospital has no electric paddles.
(d) Because it is this person's second heart attack this year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?

2. What is the mirasse?

3. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?

4. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?

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

(see the answer key)

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