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

2. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 2
(d) 5

3. What did the narrator's mother think of Modou?
(a) He was kind and generous.
(b) He was ugly.
(c) He wouldn't be a good provider.
(d) He was too good to be true.

4. What happens to her sons Alioune and Malick?
(a) They are kidnapped by their father.
(b) They are hit by a motorcycle.
(c) They both refuse to marry who their mother has chosen for them.
(d) They quit school to support their mother.

5. How do many of the young people consider traditional crafts?
(a) As an honorable profession.
(b) As not worth learning.
(c) As beneath them.
(d) As a necessary evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are "the trio?"

2. Of what is Aissatou's son, Mawdo Fall, a victim?

3. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?

4. Who seems to have romantic intentions for the narrator since Modou left her?

5. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?

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