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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Daouda Dieng?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's maternal uncle.
(c) The boy her mother prefers over Modou.
(d) The head of the police in Senegal.

2. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?
(a) The men are dressed in native garb, but not the women.
(b) The men are loud and boisterous while the women weep quietly.
(c) The men eat but the women do not.
(d) The women talk and the men are silent.

3. What does the narrator think hurt Modou's career?
(a) His greed.
(b) Marrying a second wife.
(c) The narrator's full social life.
(d) His lack of education.

4. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?
(a) Light the funeral pyre.
(b) Wash the dead person's body.
(c) Wail while walking around the outside of the home.
(d) Cover their heads with yellow cloth for two weeks.

5. How does the narrator feel about Modou even several years after he marries Binetou?
(a) She is indifferent to him.
(b) She still loves him.
(c) She wishes he would die.
(d) She hopes Binetou leaves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aunty Nabou?

2. What does Aunty Nabou demand?

3. Why do others disapprove of Aissatou's marriage?

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

5. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?

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