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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Daouda Dieng?
(a) The boy her mother prefers over Modou.
(b) The narrator's maternal uncle.
(c) The head of the police in Senegal.
(d) The narrator's brother.

2. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?
(a) A test to learn if a woman is pregnant.
(b) A ritual to discover if a woman is a virgin.
(c) The widow(s) have to be branded.
(d) Their sisters-in-law have to take down the new widows' hair.

3. To whom is the narrator writing her diary?
(a) Her friend, Aissatou.
(b) Her younger sister.
(c) Her divorced husband.
(d) Her twin daughters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aissatou marry?

2. What is the narrator's state of mind at the opening of the book?

3. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?

4. How might one describe the culture of the Senegal people?

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

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