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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?
(a) Memsab Nw
(b) Fawd Was
(c) Biku
(d) Mawdo Bw

2. To what does the narrator compare teachers?
(a) Slaves from the Roman times.
(b) Evangelical ministers.
(c) An army of priests-in charge of people's souls.
(d) Socrates and Aristotole.

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

4. How do the narrator's in-laws treat her after Modou marries Binetou?
(a) They invite her to live with them.
(b) They shun her.
(c) They still visit her.
(d) They tell her how bad a wife she was.

5. What is the narrator's first name?
(a) Daba.
(b) Ramatoulaye.
(c) Aissatou.
(d) Requwbe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What field is Modou's degree?

3. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

4. What was the narrator's emotional response to an offer of marriage after Modou's death?

5. Who suffers a heart attack?

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