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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 whom is the narrator writing her diary?
(a) Her twin daughters.
(b) Her friend, Aissatou.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her divorced husband.

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

3. What does Modou complain about in his letters?
(a) The cold weather in France.
(b) The difficulty of the coursework.
(c) The quality of the petit fours.
(d) Racial discrimination.

4. What field is Modou's degree?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Law.
(d) Mathematics.

5. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?
(a) Because death is an act of fate.
(b) Because that person should die for sins commited.
(c) Because this hospital has no electric paddles.
(d) Because it is this person's second heart attack this year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aissatou marry?

2. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?

3. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

4. Who is Daouda Dieng?

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

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