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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Modou do with his degree?
(a) He builds a hospital.
(b) He goes to work for an environmental firm.
(c) He works toward the advancement of his country.
(d) He designs a model city.

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) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.
(d) She doesn't have any idea.

3. What does Modou complain about in his letters?
(a) The cold weather in France.
(b) The quality of the petit fours.
(c) Racial discrimination.
(d) The difficulty of the coursework.

4. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) It reveals what others think about her.
(b) It determines who will marry her.
(c) It can sometimes result in death.
(d) It is very painful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?

2. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?

3. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?

4. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?

5. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?

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