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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 does the narrator blame for her husband taking a second wife?
(a) She says no one is to blame.
(b) Herself.
(c) Modou.
(d) Having too many children.

2. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?
(a) Nabou
(b) Aunty Nabou
(c) Aissatou
(d) Daba

3. Now that Modou has left her, how does the narrator travel with her children?
(a) On public transportation.
(b) By taxi.
(c) On foot.
(d) They can't afford to travel.

4. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He had four illegitimate children.
(b) He made a pact with an Inman to send his son to England.
(c) He never legally married his second wife.
(d) He had abandoned his first wife (the narrator) and her children to live with Binetou.

5. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?
(a) Diakhao.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Englands.
(d) Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?

2. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?

3. Why does the narrator believe it is useless to try to revive the person in question 5?

4. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?

5. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?

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