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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 the narrator, what did Modou do to gain her as a wife?
(a) Nothing, she chased Modou.
(b) He promised her they'd move to America.
(c) He went to great lengths to have her.
(d) He told her father she was pregnant.

2. What does the narrator find when she rushes to the hospital?
(a) Her dead husband covered in a white sheet.
(b) Her new granddaughter in an incubator.
(c) Her brother-in-law with a broken leg.
(d) Her husband in the ICU unit talking to a nurse.

3. What does the narrator have to put up with regularly?
(a) Babysitting her nieces and nephews.
(b) Her mother offering advice.
(c) Her sisters-in-law and mother-in-law's frequent intrusions.
(d) Snakes in the house.

4. What is the name of Modou's friend who Modou introduces to the narrator and her friends?
(a) Biku
(b) Mawdo Bw
(c) Fawd Was
(d) Memsab Nw

5. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?
(a) Sends her to school to learn how to manage the farmstead.
(b) Sends her to live with his brother as a third wife.
(c) Forces her to climb the Ngorongoro crator with him.
(d) Removes her from school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a test feared by Senegalese women?

2. According to the narrator, what is the purpose of teaching?

3. What was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?

4. Which of Aissatou's brothers follow in their father's footsteps?

5. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?

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