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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?
(a) The people resent donating.
(b) The people do not donate very much.
(c) Most people decline to donate?
(d) It's too late to save others with needed medications.

2. How does Modou juggle the two marriages and wives?
(a) He moves the second wife in the same house as the first.
(b) He abandons the narrator and their life together.
(c) He stays one week with one and the next with the other.
(d) He decides to annul the second marriage.

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

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

5. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?
(a) She hated being married.
(b) She was actually thinking of divorcing Modou.
(c) She felt Modou took advantage of her.
(d) She loved being married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to her sons Alioune and Malick?

2. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?

3. Who inherits Binetou's villa after Modou's death?

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

5. What does the narrator say about Tamsir as a provider?

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