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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?
(a) Whose grief is genuine.
(b) If any were an enemy of the deceased.
(c) If she might find a man to marry among them.
(d) How much each person will donate.

3. How many children did the second wife bear the deceased?
(a) 0
(b) 9
(c) 3
(d) 1

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What field is Modou's degree?

2. Who suffers a heart attack?

3. Why is this test feared by Senegalese women?

4. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?

5. How many years has the narrator been married to the deceased?

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