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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another secret revealed about the deceased?
(a) He had four illegitimate children.
(b) He had abandoned his first wife (the narrator) and her children to live with Binetou.
(c) He made a pact with an Inman to send his son to England.
(d) He never legally married his second wife.

2. What is the mirasse?
(a) A family meeting required by the Koran where the deceased's secrets are exposed.
(b) A pilgrimage to Mecca.
(c) A payment of 10 dollars from the government for the widow.
(d) A vision the widow finds on a quest in the desert.

3. Who is Aissatou?
(a) The narrator's best friend.
(b) The narrator's first college professor.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The narrator's sister-in-law.

4. What do the participants donate to this person's funeral?
(a) Forty head of sheep.
(b) Land for the widows to live on.
(c) Money.
(d) A slave to be sacrificed on the funeral pyre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aissatou marry?

2. What keeps Mawdo busy as a physician?

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

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

5. How did the men of Senegal treat an educated woman?

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