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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the traditional contribution for funeral expenses from others?
(a) Agricultural produce.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Crafts to sell at market.

2. What is proof that times have changed?
(a) Ramatoulaye's daughter's pregnancy though she is not married.
(b) That woman are now considered equals to men in Senegal.
(c) Her son is accepted at Oxford in England.
(d) The new president of Senegal is a woman.

3. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) She doesn't have any idea.
(b) For highter social status.
(c) Either love or madness.
(d) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.

4. Where did Modou go for a degree?
(a) Britian.
(b) France.
(c) South Africa.
(d) The United States.

5. What is Aunty Nabou's goal in raising her niece?
(a) To find her a good husband.
(b) To shape her into what she thinks a noble woman should be-obedient.
(c) To help her become highly educated.
(d) To have a female to care for her in her old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of one of the narrator's soon-to-be-born grandchild?

2. Who suffers a heart attack?

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

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

5. Where is Aissatou still living at the end of the book?

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