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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 15, 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which does NOT describe Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) Naïve.
(b) Mature.
(c) Older than the narrator.
(d) Beautiful.

2. What does the lover have difficulty doing?
(a) Paying attention to the narrator.
(b) Entertaining the narrator.
(c) Expressing his feelings.
(d) Driving a car.

3. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?
(a) From fear.
(b) By drowning.
(c) From a heart attack.
(d) From an infectious disease.

4. Who never had their own dresses?
(a) Hélène Lagonelle.
(b) The wives of the government officials.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

5. Who is the primary recipient of the older brother's anger?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The mother.
(d) The lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contributed to the narrator's ravaged face?

2. What word best describes the family?

3. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?

4. The lover fears that the narrator only wants his _______.

5. What happened between the older brother and Dô?

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