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

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. What subject does the narrator excel in?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Literature.
(c) French.
(d) Mathematics.

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

4. Who escaped the law of error?
(a) Dô.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle.
(d) The mother.

5. Who asks about the narrator's family's property investments?
(a) The lover.
(b) The government officials.
(c) The bus driver and ferry hands.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?

2. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?

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

4. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?

5. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.

(see the answer key)

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