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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?
(a) Whose grief is genuine.
(b) How much each person will donate.
(c) If she might find a man to marry among them.
(d) If any were an enemy of the deceased.

2. What does Modou think of the policies of the dominant party?
(a) He believes they are too traditional.
(b) He believes they are depleting the country's resources and wasting the money.
(c) He thinks they are weak.
(d) He thinks they are instituting wonderful changes.

3. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?
(a) Painter.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Politician.
(d) Physician.

4. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?
(a) The people resent donating.
(b) The people do not donate very much.
(c) It's too late to save others with needed medications.
(d) Most people decline to donate?

5. What does Modou do with his degree?
(a) He works toward the advancement of his country.
(b) He goes to work for an environmental firm.
(c) He builds a hospital.
(d) He designs a model city.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?

3. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?

4. What is the goal of the narrator's education?

5. What does the narrator have to put up with regularly?

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