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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?
(a) All the children from all the wives.
(b) The shamen of the tribe.
(c) The deceased male relatives.
(d) The dead person's co-wife.

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

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

4. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?
(a) Through their school years.
(b) After their third child was finally in school.
(c) The moment he saw her as a toddler.
(d) They were not very romantic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the narrator writing her diary?

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

3. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?

4. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?

5. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?

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