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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 does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?
(a) Four witnesses that say Mother-in-Law abused the deceased.
(b) An affidavit with a list of what Binetou's villa contained.
(c) A box of jewelry for Mother-in-Law.
(d) A court order doubling the amount.

2. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?
(a) She disapproved of it at first.
(b) She didn't know about it.
(c) She was not alive at the time.
(d) She thought it was wonderful.

3. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?
(a) 22
(b) 30
(c) 1
(d) 55

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

5. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?
(a) She is able to relax with them, which she can't do with her in-laws.
(b) Her friends are modern-minded; whereas the in-laws stick to tradition.
(c) Her in-laws are from Kenya, not Senegal.
(d) Her in-laws belong to a different political party from her friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?

2. What does Modou complain about in his letters?

3. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?

4. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?

5. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?

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