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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 did the narrator's mother think of Modou?
(a) He wouldn't be a good provider.
(b) He was too good to be true.
(c) He was kind and generous.
(d) He was ugly.

2. 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.

3. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's best friend.
(b) The narrator's first college professor.
(c) The narrator's sister-in-law.
(d) The narrator's sister.

4. Of what is Aunty Nabou proud?
(a) Her wedgewood china.
(b) Her noble origins.
(c) Her large herd of cows.
(d) Her son's profession.

5. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?
(a) How education is so good for women.
(b) Why she married Modou.
(c) The duties of an employed mother.
(d) Why Modou doesn't divorce the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suffers a heart attack?

2. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?

3. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?

4. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

5. Which wife receives the most money?

(see the answer key)

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