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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 said out loud during the mourning rituals?
(a) KORAN verses.
(b) A poem citing the deceased warrior deeds.
(c) Verses from THE PROPHET.
(d) A prayer for the resurrection of the deceased.

2. When Daouda Dieng returns, what does he say he appreciates?
(a) The narrator's rice pudding.
(b) Having been a successful physcian.
(c) Talking politics with the narrator's children.
(d) Senegal's socialism.

3. Who does Aissatou marry?
(a) Mawdo Bw.
(b) Daouda Dieng.
(c) Moudou.
(d) Douda Raaw.

4. How does the narrator act upon hearing the news?
(a) She hides her distress from her visitors.
(b) She flies into a rage and slaps Modou.
(c) She is indifferent since she is first wife and most important.
(d) She immediately packs and leaves for the United States.

5. What was the narrator's emotional response to an offer of marriage after Modou's death?
(a) Outrage at being treated as an object.
(b) Hesitant because of her children.
(c) Excited by the prospect.
(d) Fearful but willing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Little Aissatou to marry him?

2. Who makes repairs around the narrator's house now that her husband has abandoned her?

3. Who are attracted to the narrator as a prospective wife?

4. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?

5. Why does Modou gain many promotions in his job?

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