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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 this test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) It can sometimes result in death.
(b) It is very painful.
(c) It reveals what others think about her.
(d) It determines who will marry her.

2. What is one secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He had serious financial problems.
(b) He loved to travel to America.
(c) He had two other wives secretly.
(d) He never believed in the Koran.

3. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Modou.
(b) Samba Diack.
(c) Mawdo Bâ.
(d) Iba.

4. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?
(a) She didn't know about it.
(b) She disapproved of it at first.
(c) She was not alive at the time.
(d) She thought it was wonderful.

5. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?
(a) To help her become highly educated.
(b) To find her a good husband.
(c) To have a female to care for her in her old age.
(d) To shape her into what she thinks a noble woman should be-obedient.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what significance is the narrator's unconventional marriage?

3. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?

4. Who is Aissatou?

5. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

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