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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?
(a) His family and friends.
(b) A home-cooked meal.
(c) For the narrator's presence and black complexion.
(d) Enough money to come home and visit.

2. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?
(a) Herdsman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Professor.

3. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?
(a) Nabou
(b) Aissatou
(c) Binetou
(d) Kwise

4. What does Daouda Dieng think is necessary to help the development of Senegal?
(a) More colleges to open in Senegal.
(b) A fight against poverty and for women to be politically involved.
(c) For woman to stay home and have babies.
(d) Lots of foreign aid from the United States.

5. Who makes repairs around the narrator's house now that her husband has abandoned her?
(a) The narrator's uncle.
(b) Mawdo.
(c) No one; the narrator lets the house fall apart.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are "the trio?"

2. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?

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

4. Of what does the younger generation speak?

5. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?

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