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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 gives the narrator a brand new car?
(a) Modou.
(b) Mawdo.
(c) Lady Mother-in-law.
(d) Aissatou.

2. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?
(a) She didn't know about it.
(b) She was not alive at the time.
(c) She disapproved of it at first.
(d) She thought it was wonderful.

3. How many years have the narrator and Modou been married when he takes a second wife?
(a) 33
(b) 19
(c) 25
(d) 12

4. In what academic class is Mawdo Fall having difficulties?
(a) Humanities.
(b) English literature.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Calculus.

5. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?
(a) She was actually thinking of divorcing Modou.
(b) She felt Modou took advantage of her.
(c) She loved being married.
(d) She hated being married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?

2. What two woman does the narrator compare?

3. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?

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

5. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?

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