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

2. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?
(a) Three cows and a bull.
(b) A signed paper in which he committed to paying Binetou a monthly salary.
(c) A trip to Europe.
(d) A new home.

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

4. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?
(a) The people resent donating.
(b) The people do not donate very much.
(c) It's too late to save others with needed medications.
(d) Most people decline to donate?

5. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?
(a) Four witnesses that say Mother-in-Law abused the deceased.
(b) A court order doubling the amount.
(c) An affidavit with a list of what Binetou's villa contained.
(d) A box of jewelry for Mother-in-Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Modou do with his degree?

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

3. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

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

5. What is said out loud during the mourning rituals?

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