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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?
(a) Through their school years.
(b) The moment he saw her as a toddler.
(c) After their third child was finally in school.
(d) They were not very romantic.

2. Why is the narrator upset about the donations from the people?
(a) Most people decline to donate?
(b) It's too late to save others with needed medications.
(c) The people do not donate very much.
(d) The people resent donating.

3. Where did Modou go for a degree?
(a) Britian.
(b) The United States.
(c) South Africa.
(d) France.

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

5. What is remarkable about the narrator?
(a) She won an Olympic gold medal in track.
(b) She was the only female pilot in Senegal.
(c) She had been one of the first educated women in Senegal.
(d) She gave birth to a set of sextuplets all of whom survived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?

2. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?

3. What dos the narrator do as a profession?

4. To what does the narrator compare teachers?

5. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?

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