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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informs the narrator of the marriage?
(a) Modou
(b) Mawdo Bw
(c) Diang Douba
(d) Tamsir

2. When is the narrator involved that her husband has married a second wife?
(a) She is never told.
(b) Six months before he does so.
(c) On the evening of the wedding.
(d) A year later.

3. Who is the father of one of the narrator's soon-to-be-born grandchild?
(a) Ibrahima Sall.
(b) Dieng Douda.
(c) Moubo Tza.
(d) Mawba Sou.

4. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?
(a) Land for the widows to live on.
(b) Forty head of sheep.
(c) A slave to be sacrificed on the funeral pyre.
(d) Money.

5. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?
(a) Enough money to come home and visit.
(b) For the narrator's presence and black complexion.
(c) A home-cooked meal.
(d) His family and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mawdo tell the narrator about having two sons with Nabou?

2. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?

3. What is the narrator's first name?

4. What field is Modou's degree?

5. What does Modou think of the policies of the dominant party?

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