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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?
(a) The shamen of the tribe.
(b) The deceased male relatives.
(c) The dead person's co-wife.
(d) All the children from all the wives.

2. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?
(a) They do not believe it is sufficient to be legal.
(b) Excited that she is using her education to change traditions.
(c) Disapproval.
(d) Glad that it does not cost much.

3. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?
(a) The men would often insult educated women but desired them also.
(b) They would not marry any woman who went to school past sixth grade.
(c) With deference.
(d) In awe that they could achieve such a difficult goal.

4. What is the goal of the narrator's education?
(a) To earn a degree.
(b) To make her attractive to men.
(c) To emancipate her from the traditional roles of African women.
(d) To enable her to home school her children.

5. What did the deceased give Lady Mother-in-Law when he desires to marry Binetou?
(a) A signed paper in which he committed to paying Binetou a monthly salary.
(b) A new home.
(c) A trip to Europe.
(d) Three cows and a bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

2. What had the deceased bought to please his second wife?

3. When did the narrator and her husband's romance blossom?

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

5. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?

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