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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 do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?
(a) Relive their youth to the beat of old songs.
(b) Sell tupperware.
(c) Compare and evaluate their husbands.
(d) Organize political rallies.

2. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?
(a) A signed paper in which he committed to paying Binetou a monthly salary.
(b) A new home.
(c) A trip to Europe.
(d) Three cows and a bull.

3. In what academic class is Mawdo Fall having difficulties?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Humanities.
(c) Calculus.
(d) English literature.

4. Which wife receives the most money?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The pretty one.
(c) They receive an equal amount.
(d) Neither receive money.

5. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Modou.
(b) Samba Diack.
(c) Mawdo Bâ.
(d) Iba.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel around Daouda Dieng?

2. What is the goal of the narrator's education?

3. What is Ibrahima Sall's occupation?

4. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?

5. What two woman does the narrator compare?

(see the answer key)

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