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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 does Mawdo tell the narrator about having two sons with Nabou?
(a) That he is giving the boys up for adoption.
(b) That he will now divorce Nabou.
(c) That he has learned to love Nabou as much as Aissatou.
(d) That women do not understand that men are partly driven by animal instincts.

2. What does Aunty Nabou demand?
(a) To take little Nabou, her brother's daughter, back home with her.
(b) That they provide her a small stipend to live on.
(c) That her brother help her discipline Mawdo.
(d) Enough money to move to the West Indies.

3. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?
(a) 0
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 15

4. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?
(a) Complex and difficult to understand.
(b) Rigid.
(c) Adaptable.
(d) They don't really have a distinct culture separate from other African countries.

5. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?
(a) She has no brothers.
(b) The older ones.
(c) The younger ones.
(d) None of them take up their father's occupation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mirasse?

2. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?

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

4. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?

5. What does Modou do with his degree?

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