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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?
(a) 3
(b) 0
(c) 9
(d) 1

2. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?
(a) The men are dressed in native garb, but not the women.
(b) The women talk and the men are silent.
(c) The men eat but the women do not.
(d) The men are loud and boisterous while the women weep quietly.

3. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?
(a) 2
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 0

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

5. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?
(a) After he dies.
(b) When he held their first child in his arms.
(c) During their first dance.
(d) When he asked her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?

2. What field is Modou's degree?

3. What did the narrator's mother think of Modou?

4. What is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?

5. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?

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