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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 profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?
(a) Midwifery.
(b) Veternarian.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Nursing.

2. How does Aissatou respond to Mawdo's taking a second wife under pressure from his mother?
(a) She is excited for help in the household.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) She agrees to the arrangement, but the second wife is not allowed in Aissatou's home.
(d) She takes her four sons and moves to the United States.

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

4. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?
(a) After their third child was finally in school.
(b) Through their school years.
(c) They were not very romantic.
(d) The moment he saw her as a toddler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Modou go for a degree?

2. Who does Aissatou marry?

3. Why is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?

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

5. What does the narrator have to put up with regularly?

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