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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 the narrator fear about her child-raising skills?
(a) That she was too strict.
(b) That she relied upon Modou too much.
(c) That she let her mother-in-law take care of the kids too much.
(d) That she has been too permissive.

2. Who inherits Binetou's villa after Modou's death?
(a) Daba and her husband.
(b) Binetou.
(c) The narrator.
(d) No one, it had to be sold to pay taxes.

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

4. What does Modou do with his degree?
(a) He goes to work for an environmental firm.
(b) He builds a hospital.
(c) He designs a model city.
(d) He works toward the advancement of his country.

5. Who are "the trio?"
(a) The three men in charge of the government of Senegal.
(b) The narrator's sons: Mawbe, Mobou, Jr., Douda.
(c) The narrator's daughters: Arame, Yacine, and Dieynaba
(d) The narrator and her two best friends, Assiatou and Farmata.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Binetou feel about her marriage to Modou?

2. How many years have passed since the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13?

3. Why is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?

4. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?

5. How did Modou respond to the narrator having a new car?

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