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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?
(a) Dr. Mawdo Bw.
(b) The nurse in the deceased person's room.
(c) A Catholic priest in the room.
(d) The narrator's mother.

2. About what does Ramatoulaye tease her friend Aissatou?
(a) Aissatou's forgetting how to speak French.
(b) Aissatou's Western ways.
(c) Aissatou's hair style.
(d) Aissatou's traditional views.

3. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?
(a) Hurt.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Angry.

4. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?
(a) Men who want her inheritance.
(b) No one because the narrator is too old.
(c) Men who want a traditional, submissive wife.
(d) Men who want a woman who can earn a paycheck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the narrator gives for not marrying Daouda Dieng?

2. Who tells the narrator of Binetou's generous "sugar daddy"?

3. How does the narrator feel about Modou even several years after he marries Binetou?

4. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?

5. What does the narrator do to fill the void her husband's loss leaves?

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