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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator upset about the sister-in-laws song?
(a) Because they praise both wifes equally.
(b) Because they do not remember the narrator's name.
(c) Because they sing out of key.
(d) Because they do not sing the complete song.

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

3. What reasons does the narrator give for Modou's taking a second wife?
(a) Either love or madness.
(b) She doesn't have any idea.
(c) For highter social status.
(d) For money, since the second wife came from a wealthy family.

4. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?
(a) Wash the dead person's body.
(b) Wail while walking around the outside of the home.
(c) Cover their heads with yellow cloth for two weeks.
(d) Light the funeral pyre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the men and women during the gathering for the deceased?

2. What is the first thing the narrator says in her letter?

3. In Modou's letters to the narrator while getting his degree, for what did he say he longed?

4. What is one secret revealed about the deceased?

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

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