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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which wife receives the most money?
(a) Neither receive money.
(b) The pretty one.
(c) The narrator.
(d) They receive an equal amount.

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

3. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?
(a) Sell tupperware.
(b) Compare and evaluate their husbands.
(c) Organize political rallies.
(d) Relive their youth to the beat of old songs.

4. How long does the narrator have to stay indoors after the funeral?
(a) Four months and ten days.
(b) She does not have to stay indoors.
(c) As long as it takes for her hair to grow long again.
(d) Three days.

5. Who suffers a heart attack?
(a) Iba.
(b) Modou.
(c) Samba Diack.
(d) Mawdo Bâ.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years has the second wife been married to the deceased?

3. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?

4. Who does Aissatou marry?

5. Of what significance is the narrator's unconventional marriage?

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