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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 does Modou complain about in his letters?
(a) Racial discrimination.
(b) The quality of the petit fours.
(c) The cold weather in France.
(d) The difficulty of the coursework.

2. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) A test to learn if a woman is pregnant.
(b) Their sisters-in-law have to take down the new widows' hair.
(c) A ritual to discover if a woman is a virgin.
(d) The widow(s) have to be branded.

3. What is Ibrahima Sall's occupation?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A physician.
(c) An infantry man in the military.
(d) A law student.

4. 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) His family and friends.
(c) For the narrator's presence and black complexion.
(d) A home-cooked meal.

5. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He never legally married his second wife.
(b) He had four illegitimate children.
(c) He made a pact with an Inman to send his son to England.
(d) He had abandoned his first wife (the narrator) and her children to live with Binetou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Modou feel about being married to Binetou?

2. How does Modou juggle the two marriages and wives?

3. What does Daouda Dieng say the narrator and he can bring to a marriage?

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

5. About what does Ramatoulaye decide to talk to the "trio?"

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