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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dos the narrator do as a profession?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A housewife.
(d) A physician.

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

3. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?
(a) They would not marry any woman who went to school past sixth grade.
(b) With deference.
(c) In awe that they could achieve such a difficult goal.
(d) The men would often insult educated women but desired them also.

4. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?
(a) All the children from all the wives.
(b) The dead person's co-wife.
(c) The deceased male relatives.
(d) The shamen of the tribe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

2. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

3. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?

4. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?

5. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?

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