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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) For highter social status.
(b) Either love or madness.
(c) She doesn't have any idea.
(d) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.

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

4. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?
(a) Aissatou
(b) Daba
(c) Aunty Nabou
(d) Nabou

5. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Iba.
(b) Modou.
(c) Samba Diack.
(d) Mawdo Bâ.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When is the narrator involved that her husband has married a second wife?

4. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?

5. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

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