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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 was the narrator's first impression of her future husband?
(a) That he probably wasn't from her country.
(b) That he was attractive and intelligent.
(c) That he was not very bright.
(d) That he needed to gain a little weight.

2. What does Mawdo, Aissatou's husband, admire about his father-in-law?
(a) His dexterity and artistry.
(b) His willingness to cry at his daughter's wedding.
(c) His prize cow.
(d) His ability to work though he is handicapped.

3. How does Nabou feel about Mawdo?
(a) She likes him but is in love with a man from her hometown.
(b) She despises him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She is repulsed by him.

4. According to tradition, who stays with the narrator during this tragic time?
(a) The deceased male relatives.
(b) All the children from all the wives.
(c) The shamen of the tribe.
(d) The dead person's co-wife.

5. What does the narrator think of Aissatou's choice to leave her husband and move to the United States?
(a) That Aissatou never loved Mawdo.
(b) That Aissatou is immoral.
(c) That Aissatou should have stayed.
(d) The narrator approves of the choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is remarkable about the narrator?

2. What does the narrator wonder about those who come to acknowledge the deceased person?

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

4. Now that Modou has left her, how does the narrator travel with her children?

5. When did the narrator realize that Modou was the man for her for life?

(see the answer key)

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