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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?
(a) Because they sing out of key.
(b) Because they praise both wifes equally.
(c) Because they do not sing the complete song.
(d) Because they do not remember the narrator's name.

2. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?
(a) The man she marries is Chinese.
(b) Aissatou is not good enough for the man she marries.
(c) The man she marries is ugly.
(d) The man she marries is poor.

3. What is remarkable about the narrator?
(a) She won an Olympic gold medal in track.
(b) She had been one of the first educated women in Senegal.
(c) She gave birth to a set of sextuplets all of whom survived.
(d) She was the only female pilot in Senegal.

4. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?
(a) That he was attractive and intelligent.
(b) That he was not very bright.
(c) That he needed to gain a little weight.
(d) That he probably wasn't from her country.

5. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A new mercedes benz.
(c) A nice villa.
(d) Two thoroughbred horses for racing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?

2. What is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?

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

4. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?

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

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