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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What gives the narrator the ability to buck her family and marry who she wishes?
(a) Because her future husband is blackmailing her.
(b) Her great-Aunt who did the same.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) What she learns in school.

3. What is the difference between the narrator's friends and fellow teachers versus her in-laws?
(a) Her friends are modern-minded; whereas the in-laws stick to tradition.
(b) Her in-laws belong to a different political party from her friends.
(c) She is able to relax with them, which she can't do with her in-laws.
(d) Her in-laws are from Kenya, not Senegal.

4. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 0
(d) 2

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have to put up with regularly?

2. To what does the narrator compare teachers?

3. What dos the narrator do as a profession?

4. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's in-laws?

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

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