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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens whenever the narrator goes to the movies alone?
(a) She receives looks of astonishment.
(b) She is accosted by men.
(c) She sneaks in without paying as she is now poor.
(d) She is able to have all the popcorn to herself.

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

3. What is said out loud during the mourning rituals?
(a) A prayer for the resurrection of the deceased.
(b) Verses from THE PROPHET.
(c) KORAN verses.
(d) A poem citing the deceased warrior deeds.

4. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?
(a) When he held their first child in his arms.
(b) After he dies.
(c) During their first dance.
(d) When he asked her to marry him.

5. To where does Aunty Nabou travel?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Englands.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Diakhao.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think hurt Modou's career?

2. What does Aunty Nabou demand?

3. In whom has Modou begun showing an interest?

4. How many years have passed since the end of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13?

5. How did the narrator's mother feel about the narrator's relationship with Modou?

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