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

2. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?
(a) Sends her to school to learn how to manage the farmstead.
(b) Removes her from school.
(c) Sends her to live with his brother as a third wife.
(d) Forces her to climb the Ngorongoro crator with him.

3. What is remarkable about the narrator?
(a) She was the only female pilot in Senegal.
(b) She had been one of the first educated women in Senegal.
(c) She gave birth to a set of sextuplets all of whom survived.
(d) She won an Olympic gold medal in track.

4. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?
(a) It improves the country immensely.
(b) It causes immoral behavior among the young people.
(c) It increases live births.
(d) It signifies the slow death of traditional trades.

5. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?
(a) That he probably wasn't from her country.
(b) That he needed to gain a little weight.
(c) That he was attractive and intelligent.
(d) That he was not very bright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the traditional contribution for funeral expenses from others?

2. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?

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

4. What did the narrator's mother think of Modou?

5. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?

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