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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 7, 8, 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nouvelle Ecole Française?
(a) A store visited by the narrator.
(b) A popular theater in Chochinchina.
(c) A French language school run by the mother.
(d) A favorite phrase of the narrator.

2. In the novel, the mother is very concerned with the studies of her children and even attempts to plan the narrator's future. What does the mother decide that she wants the narrator to be?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Writer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Mathematician.

3. Where does most of the mother's income go?
(a) To pay for the narrator's schooling.
(b) To pay the workers on the family's land.
(c) To paying the brother's debt.
(d) To buy dresses and jewelry for the mother.

4. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?
(a) The mother and younger brother only.
(b) The younger brother only.
(c) The mother, and both the younger and older brothers.
(d) The mother only.

5. How does the narrator view Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) As a long lost sister.
(b) As the embodiment of beauty.
(c) As a jealous rival.
(d) As an unfortunate foreigner.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?

2. The narrator has ____ older sibling(s).

3. What type of stores does the narrator often visit?

4. In the beginning of the story, the narrator appears old and "ravaged." During what age period is it noted that her most rapid aging took place?

5. How does the mother earn money?

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