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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?
(a) Four witnesses that say Mother-in-Law abused the deceased.
(b) An affidavit with a list of what Binetou's villa contained.
(c) A court order doubling the amount.
(d) A box of jewelry for Mother-in-Law.

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

4. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?
(a) Forces her to climb the Ngorongoro crator with him.
(b) Sends her to school to learn how to manage the farmstead.
(c) Sends her to live with his brother as a third wife.
(d) Removes her from school.

5. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?
(a) Painter.
(b) Physician.
(c) Politician.
(d) Blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?

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

4. Why is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?

5. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?

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