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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does she catch three of her daughters doing that infuriates the narrator?
(a) Entertaining boys at home while their mother is gone.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Piercing their ears.
(d) Corresponding with boys on the internet.

2. How many sons does Aunty Nabou have?
(a) None.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Just one, Mawdo.

3. What is the narrator's first name?
(a) Requwbe.
(b) Aissatou.
(c) Daba.
(d) Ramatoulaye.

4. How does the narrator respond to Daouda Dieng's question from #134 above?
(a) She say yes.
(b) She says no.
(c) She give no response hoping he'll forget.
(d) She asks for a year's wait.

5. Who is Aunty Nabou?
(a) Mawdo's mother.
(b) The narrator's second cousin.
(c) The mother of the country's president.
(d) The narrator's mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator's in-laws treat her after Modou marries Binetou?

2. What kind of clothes do her daughters wear?

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

4. Who tells the narrator he will marry her after the mourning period is over for Modou?

5. What is remarkable about the narrator?

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