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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 is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?
(a) Because they praise both wifes equally.
(b) Because they do not remember the narrator's name.
(c) Because they do not sing the complete song.
(d) Because they sing out of key.

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

3. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) The widow(s) have to be branded.
(b) A ritual to discover if a woman is a virgin.
(c) A test to learn if a woman is pregnant.
(d) Their sisters-in-law have to take down the new widows' hair.

4. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He made a pact with an Inman to send his son to England.
(b) He had abandoned his first wife (the narrator) and her children to live with Binetou.
(c) He had four illegitimate children.
(d) He never legally married his second wife.

5. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?
(a) Because that person should die for sins commited.
(b) Because this hospital has no electric paddles.
(c) Because it is this person's second heart attack this year.
(d) Because death is an act of fate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Modou support politically?

3. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?

4. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

5. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?

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