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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Modou gain many promotions in his job?
(a) His charisma and devotion to the workers' plight.
(b) He does not accept a salary for his work.
(c) He bribes those in authority above him.
(d) His father-in-law is in charge where he works.

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

3. What does Daba produce when Lady Mother-in-Law wants the monthly salary continued?
(a) A court order doubling the amount.
(b) A box of jewelry for Mother-in-Law.
(c) An affidavit with a list of what Binetou's villa contained.
(d) Four witnesses that say Mother-in-Law abused the deceased.

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

5. For whom does Modou work?
(a) The tribal chieftain.
(b) Trade union organizations.
(c) Shell oil.
(d) The president of the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in the narrator's opinion, does modernity do?

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

3. To whom do the wives give money?

4. How does the narrator feel about Modou taking a second wife?

5. Who does Aissatou marry?

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