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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) Moudou.
(b) Douda Raaw.
(c) Daouda Dieng.
(d) Mawdo Bw.

2. What is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

3. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?
(a) She has no brothers.
(b) The younger ones.
(c) The older ones.
(d) None of them take up their father's occupation.

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

5. According to the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?
(a) He went to great lengths to have her.
(b) Nothing, she chased Modou.
(c) He told her father she was pregnant.
(d) He promised her they'd move to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?

2. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?

3. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?

4. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?

5. What is remarkable about the narrator?

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