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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 profession does Aunty Nabou insist her niece take up?
(a) Midwifery.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Veternarian.
(d) Nursing.

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

3. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?
(a) Cover their heads with yellow cloth for two weeks.
(b) Light the funeral pyre.
(c) Wail while walking around the outside of the home.
(d) Wash the dead person's body.

4. How do the narrator and her friends feel about being teachers?
(a) It's a necessary evil.
(b) It's something to pay the bills, though not very exciting.
(c) They hate teaching.
(d) They love their profession.

5. What does Modou complain about in his letters?
(a) The quality of the petit fours.
(b) The difficulty of the coursework.
(c) Racial discrimination.
(d) The cold weather in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe her in-laws do not understand?

2. What field is Modou's degree?

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

4. For whom does Modou work?

5. Who is Aissatou?

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