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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?
(a) 9
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 0

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

3. What is Daouda Dieng's occupation?
(a) Physician.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Herdsman.

4. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's best friend.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) The narrator's first college professor.
(d) The narrator's sister-in-law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?

2. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?

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

4. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?

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

(see the answer key)

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