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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?
(a) She is able to relax with them, which she can't do with her in-laws.
(b) Her in-laws are from Kenya, not Senegal.
(c) Her friends are modern-minded; whereas the in-laws stick to tradition.
(d) Her in-laws belong to a different political party from her friends.

2. What does Modou think of the policies of the dominant party?
(a) He thinks they are weak.
(b) He thinks they are instituting wonderful changes.
(c) He believes they are depleting the country's resources and wasting the money.
(d) He believes they are too traditional.

3. Who did Modou support politically?
(a) The dominant party.
(b) He wanted to stay part of the British empire.
(c) The political party who opposed the dominant one.
(d) His own small group.

4. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?
(a) The men eat but the women do not.
(b) The men are dressed in native garb, but not the women.
(c) The men are loud and boisterous while the women weep quietly.
(d) The women talk and the men are silent.

5. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Samba Diack.
(b) Iba.
(c) Modou.
(d) Mawdo Bâ.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?

2. What is the traditional contribution for funeral expenses from others?

3. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?

4. What field is Modou's degree?

5. How is Aunty Nabou received when she arrives at her destination?

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