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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does little Nabou marry at Aunty Nabou's insistence?
(a) Modou.
(b) No one; her aunt insists she remain single.
(c) Dieng Dw.
(d) Mawdo.

3. How did the narrator feel about her marriage before Modou abandons her?
(a) She was actually thinking of divorcing Modou.
(b) She loved being married.
(c) She felt Modou took advantage of her.
(d) She hated being married.

4. What does Modou think of the policies of the dominant party?
(a) He believes they are too traditional.
(b) He thinks they are instituting wonderful changes.
(c) He believes they are depleting the country's resources and wasting the money.
(d) He thinks they are weak.

5. What do the narrator and her friends do at their house parties?
(a) Sell tupperware.
(b) Organize political rallies.
(c) Compare and evaluate their husbands.
(d) Relive their youth to the beat of old songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the female relatives do for the deceased?

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

3. How does Binetou treat Modou?

4. What does the narrator do to fill the void her husband's loss leaves?

5. What does the deceased do when he meets Binetou?

(see the answer key)

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