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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 17, 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator mention is a life-long desire?
(a) To be married.
(b) To be alone.
(c) To be an actress.
(d) To be rich.

2. When the narrator leaves Indochina for France, who is she accompanied by?
(a) The mother and the younger brother.
(b) The younger brother and the lover.
(c) The older brother and the younger brother.
(d) The mother and the older brother.

3. What does the narrator see at final boarding of the ocean liner to France?
(a) Their luggage being brought onto the ship.
(b) The lover in his limousine.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle talking to the lover.
(d) A young mother and her child.

4. How does the narrator describe the body of the lover?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Androgynous.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Deformed.

5. Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel?
(a) The lover and Dô.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle and the lover.
(c) Dô and the older brother.
(d) The mother and Dô.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Around what time is the novel narrated?

3. Who uses the money that the narrator has access to through her relationship?

4. Towards the end of her life, the mother groomed herself for one final professional photograph. What was done to this photograph?

5. During their relationship, the couple discusses many subjects. Which of the following subjects do they NOT discuss?

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