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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which wife receives the most money?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Neither receive money.
(c) The pretty one.
(d) They receive an equal amount.

2. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?
(a) 2
(b) 10
(c) 18
(d) 5

3. According to the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?
(a) He went to great lengths to have her.
(b) He told her father she was pregnant.
(c) Nothing, she chased Modou.
(d) He promised her they'd move to America.

4. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?
(a) She does not know he did so.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Glad to have someone to share household chores.
(d) Indifferent since she is the first and most important wife.

5. Where did Modou go for a degree?
(a) South Africa.
(b) The United States.
(c) Britian.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?

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

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

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