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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 5, 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
(a) A decade before the ferry ride.
(b) Right before the mother's death.
(c) A decade after the ferry ride.
(d) After the younger brother's death.

2. What subject is the narrator less successful in?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) English.
(c) Literature.
(d) French.

3. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?
(a) She will never be able to love anyone.
(b) She can be the best kind of wife and mother.
(c) She can become anything anyone wants her to be.
(d) She will never be able to trust anyone.

4. In contrast to what the mother plans, what does the narrator want to be?
(a) Writer.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Teacher.

5. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?
(a) A bus.
(b) A truck.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the mother?

2. Who watches out for the narrator?

3. About how many years older than the narrator is the older brother?

4. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?

5. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?

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