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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare teachers?
(a) An army of priests-in charge of people's souls.
(b) Evangelical ministers.
(c) Slaves from the Roman times.
(d) Socrates and Aristotole.

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

3. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?
(a) The nurse in the deceased person's room.
(b) Dr. Mawdo Bw.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) A Catholic priest in the room.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?

2. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?

3. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

4. Who is Daouda Dieng?

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

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