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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 one of the narrator's children?
(a) Aissatou.
(b) Douda.
(c) Mgetu.
(d) Ubule.

2. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?
(a) That Aissatou is immoral.
(b) That Aissatou should have stayed.
(c) The narrator approves of the choice.
(d) That Aissatou never loved Mawdo.

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 was the only female pilot in Senegal.
(d) She gave birth to a set of sextuplets all of whom survived.

4. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?
(a) 55
(b) 30
(c) 1
(d) 22

5. What kind of clothes do her daughters wear?
(a) Traditional.
(b) Western.
(c) Hippie.
(d) Sari's.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?

2. Who helps care for the narrator's children when they are sick?

3. What field is Modou's degree?

4. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?

5. In what academic class is Mawdo Fall having difficulties?

(see the answer key)

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