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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?
(a) Lots of children.
(b) The combined fortune of both of their houses.
(c) Understanding and happines.
(d) A new perspective on multiple marriages.

2. Who tells the narrator he will marry her after the mourning period is over for Modou?
(a) Tamsir.
(b) Daouda Dieng.
(c) Mawdo.
(d) Samba Diack.

3. What does the narrator believe about Lady mother-in-law?
(a) She does not yet know about the marriage.
(b) She gave her permission for Binetou to marry so Binetou would be happy.
(c) She wants to escape poverty through her daughter Binetou's marriage.
(d) She was appalled at the marriage of Binetou to Modou.

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

5. What does the narrator tell the answer to question #120 in response to his offer of marriage?
(a) She needs to think about it for awhile.
(b) She would never marry him.
(c) She doesn't want to marry him but will live with him as his mistress.
(d) She would be delighted to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?

2. What does the narrator do to Modou about his second marriage?

3. What is Ibrahima Sall's occupation?

4. What does Daouda Dieng think is necessary to help the development of Senegal?

5. In what way does the narrator believe lies her happiness?

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