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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aunty Nabou demand?
(a) That her brother help her discipline Mawdo.
(b) Enough money to move to the West Indies.
(c) That they provide her a small stipend to live on.
(d) To take little Nabou, her brother's daughter, back home with her.

3. What is the occupation of Aissatou's father?
(a) Physician.
(b) Painter.
(c) Politician.
(d) Blacksmith.

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

5. Who does Aissatou marry?
(a) Mawdo Bw.
(b) Douda Raaw.
(c) Daouda Dieng.
(d) Moudou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does the woman bear the deceased?

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

3. What is the family's response to the narrator's non-traditional simple wedding ceremony?

4. What is said out loud during the mourning rituals?

5. Who discusses the mysteries of birth and death with the narrator?

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