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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) The quality of the petit fours.
(c) The difficulty of the coursework.
(d) Racial discrimination.

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

3. To whom do the wives give money?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their in-laws.
(c) No one; they keep it all for themselves.
(d) The government in the form of taxes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Modou do with his degree?

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

3. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?

4. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?

5. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?

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