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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. While living in the French colony of Chochinchina, in what city is the narrator's school located?
(a) Can Tho.
(b) Sadec.
(c) Saigon.
(d) Bien Hoa.

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

3. Around what time is the novel narrated?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1929.

4. As French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?
(a) Socio-economic power.
(b) A chaffeured car.
(c) Beautiful clothes.
(d) Fine jewelry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What material is the narrator's dress made of?

2. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?

3. In segments 5 and 6, as well as other parts of the novel, which characteristics best describe narrator?

4. What happened between the older brother and Dô?

5. The lover comments that it is rare to see a white girl ________.

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