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

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

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

4. What is the mirasse?
(a) A payment of 10 dollars from the government for the widow.
(b) A family meeting required by the Koran where the deceased's secrets are exposed.
(c) A vision the widow finds on a quest in the desert.
(d) A pilgrimage to Mecca.

5. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) The widow(s) have to be branded.
(b) A test to learn if a woman is pregnant.
(c) A ritual to discover if a woman is a virgin.
(d) Their sisters-in-law have to take down the new widows' hair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is the narrator writing her diary?

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

4. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?

5. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?

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