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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 10, 11, 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe sex as being related to?
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) Water.
(d) Love.

2. During the scene on the ferry, why does the narrator go to stand by the railing?
(a) She is seasick.
(b) She is bored.
(c) She wants to see the water.
(d) She is waiting for someone.

3. What nationality is the lover?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) English.
(d) French.

4. Who is a competent tailor?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) The mother.
(d) Dô.

5. What happened between the older brother and Dô?
(a) They fell in love.
(b) He attempted to rape her.
(c) She beat him.
(d) They ran away together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?

2. How does the mother earn money?

3. Why does the older brother leave the colony to return to France?

4. Who decided that the narrator's family should move to France?

5. What is the name of the mother?

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