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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Modou gain many promotions in his job?
(a) His charisma and devotion to the workers' plight.
(b) His father-in-law is in charge where he works.
(c) He does not accept a salary for his work.
(d) He bribes those in authority above him.

2. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?
(a) The AIDS epidemic.
(b) The population boom.
(c) Finding a cure for sickle cell anemia.
(d) people People now prefer western medicine to the traditional medicine.

3. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?
(a) Light the funeral pyre.
(b) Wail while walking around the outside of the home.
(c) Cover their heads with yellow cloth for two weeks.
(d) Wash the dead person's body.

4. Who leads the country when the republic is born?
(a) The former king, who agrees to share power.
(b) A dictator who is elected through corruption.
(c) The dominant political party.
(d) A group of 15 men.

5. Who did Modou support politically?
(a) The political party who opposed the dominant one.
(b) He wanted to stay part of the British empire.
(c) The dominant party.
(d) His own small group.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?

4. Of what is Aunty Nabou proud?

5. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?

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