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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 Daba suggest that her mother (the narrator) do?
(a) To find herself a second husband.
(b) To put up with it.
(c) To ask for marriage counseling.
(d) She encourages her mother to follow Aissatou's footsteps and leave her husband.

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

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

4. Who did Modou support politically?
(a) He wanted to stay part of the British empire.
(b) The dominant party.
(c) His own small group.
(d) The political party who opposed the dominant one.

5. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?
(a) It's a necessary evil.
(b) It's something to pay the bills, though not very exciting.
(c) They love their profession.
(d) They hate teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people think about the narrator rejecting Daouda Dieng and others for marriage?

2. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?

3. Where did Modou go for a degree?

4. What kind of clothes do her daughters wear?

5. Why does the narrator learn to drive?

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