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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened between the older brother and Dô?
(a) He attempted to rape her.
(b) She beat him.
(c) They ran away together.
(d) They fell in love.

2. What becomes enshrined in the ravaged face of the narrator?
(a) Envy of her friend's wealth.
(b) Regret over the lover.
(c) Hatred of the mother.
(d) Fear of the older brother.

3. About how many years older than the narrator is the older brother?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. How does the younger brother die?
(a) From a heart attack.
(b) By being hit by a car.
(c) From an infectious disease.
(d) By drowning.

5. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

6. Who drives a Citroën B12?
(a) The mother.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The lover.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

7. How does the family's servant seem to function in the family?
(a) As a second mother for the narrator.
(b) Like an indentured servant.
(c) As paid staff.
(d) Like a second-class family member.

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

9. During the scene on the ferry, why does the narrator go to stand by the railing?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She wants to see the water.
(c) She is waiting for someone.
(d) She is seasick.

10. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
(a) After the younger brother's death.
(b) Right before the mother's death.
(c) A decade after the ferry ride.
(d) A decade before the ferry ride.

11. The narrator has ____ older sibling(s).
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

12. How long does Dô stay with the mother?
(a) Until Dô's death.
(b) Until the narrator's affair.
(c) Until the mother's death.
(d) Until the family leaves for France.

13. What is the name of the narrator's friend?
(a) Harriet Lancaster.
(b) Hélène Lancaster.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle.
(d) Harriet Lagonelle.

14. What is the name of the mother?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) Dô.
(c) Helene.
(d) She is unnamed.

15. What does the narrator consider takes a personal toll on women?
(a) Having children.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Colonial life.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the father's death, what happens to the family property the mother invests in ?

2. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?

3. After they return to France, who lives with the mother?

4. Who appeared in the premonition that the mother had before the father's death?

5. Although seemingly impossible, according to society at the time, what could the wives of the colonial potentates have done to keep their husbands from straying?

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