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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 is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Distraught.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

2. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?
(a) During their first dance.
(b) After he dies.
(c) When he held their first child in his arms.
(d) When he asked her to marry him.

3. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?
(a) A box of jewelry for Mother-in-Law.
(b) An affidavit with a list of what Binetou's villa contained.
(c) A court order doubling the amount.
(d) Four witnesses that say Mother-in-Law abused the deceased.

4. Of what does the younger generation speak?
(a) The need for more computer literacy.
(b) Becoming a democracy.
(c) Moving to Europe or the United States.
(d) Independence.

5. How do many of the young people consider traditional crafts?
(a) As a necessary evil.
(b) As not worth learning.
(c) As beneath them.
(d) As an honorable profession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?

2. Which wife receives the most money?

3. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?

4. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?

5. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?

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