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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?
(a) She does not know he did so.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Glad to have someone to share household chores.
(d) Indifferent since she is the first and most important wife.

2. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?
(a) Adaptable.
(b) Complex and difficult to understand.
(c) They don't really have a distinct culture separate from other African countries.
(d) Rigid.

3. Who is Aunty Nabou?
(a) Mawdo's mother.
(b) The mother of the country's president.
(c) The narrator's second cousin.
(d) The narrator's mother-in-law.

4. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?
(a) None of them take up their father's occupation.
(b) The older ones.
(c) The younger ones.
(d) She has no brothers.

5. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?
(a) With cold obligatory rituals.
(b) She is asked to return home immediately.
(c) Like a princess.
(d) With hesitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?

2. What profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?

3. For whom does Modou work?

4. What does Aunty Nabou demand?

5. What does Mawdo tell the narrator about having two sons with Nabou?

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