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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 did the narrator's mother think of Modou?
(a) He was ugly.
(b) He was too good to be true.
(c) He wouldn't be a good provider.
(d) He was kind and generous.

2. How does Modou feel about being married to Binetou?
(a) He expects to divorce her after he is tired of her.
(b) He is sorry he married her.
(c) He believes she tricked him into marrying her.
(d) He is happy.

3. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?
(a) Senegal's socialism.
(b) Having been a successful physcian.
(c) The narrator's rice pudding.
(d) Talking politics with the narrator's children.

4. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?
(a) The women talk and the men are silent.
(b) The men are dressed in native garb, but not the women.
(c) The men are loud and boisterous while the women weep quietly.
(d) The men eat but the women do not.

5. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Glad to have someone to share household chores.
(c) She does not know he did so.
(d) Indifferent since she is the first and most important wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?

2. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?

3. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?

4. What does the narrator fear about her child-raising skills?

5. What does Daouda Dieng think is necessary to help the development of Senegal?

(see the answer key)

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