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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?
(a) Note-worthy people.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Young people.
(d) Beggars.

2. When does the narrator see imperfection in the lover?
(a) When he turns down the sexual advances of the narrator.
(b) When he refuses to pay a restaurant bill.
(c) When he becomes acquainted with the family.
(d) When he explains how his father amassed his wealth.

3. Who often weeps?
(a) Hélène Lagonelle.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The lover's father.
(d) The lover.

4. In segment 14, which of the following character or characters in the novel does the narrator state she remembers with the most clarity?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The two women who ran the houses in Paris.
(d) Her father.

5. What does the lover fear will happen should the relationship become public?
(a) He will lose his inheritance.
(b) He will be forced to marry the narrator.
(c) He will be humiliated and disgraced.
(d) He will be sent back to China.

6. What would the mother do after she emerged from a depressive episode?
(a) Entertain friends in her home.
(b) Order a general house cleaning.
(c) Take the family to restaurants and nightclubs.
(d) Order more dresses for herself.

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

8. What has happened to the narrator over the course of the relationship?
(a) She has lost her interest in sex.
(b) She has become greedy and unkind.
(c) She has aged rapidly and is now unattractive.
(d) She has grown up and become more feminine.

9. What does the lover recall with great affection?
(a) His home in China.
(b) His mother.
(c) A trip to America.
(d) The Parisan nightlife.

10. Why can't the narrator turn to her family for support in her isolation?
(a) They have kicked her out of the house.
(b) They want to be friends with the lover.
(c) They are not aware of the relationship.
(d) They are unsympathetic.

11. What is the relationship between the younger brother and the narrator after high school?
(a) They become neighbors in Saigon.
(b) They live far apart but visit often.
(c) They move to France to live together.
(d) They are separated for the rest of their lives.

12. According to the mother, what has the daughter done to her own life?
(a) She has ended it.
(b) She has just started it.
(c) She has ruined it.
(d) She has made it better.

13. Who controlled when and where the lover and the narrator would meet?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The mother.
(d) The lover.

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

15. In whose presence does the narrator find the lover discovered and undesirable?
(a) The mother.
(b) The lover's father.
(c) The younger brother.
(d) The older brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells the lover that she has no desire for him to be ________.

2. In segment 14, who is an American woman from Boston that runs a house in Paris?

3. Who is the primary recipient of the older brother's anger?

4. What does the narrator realize about the lover even upon the first meeting?

5. Who decided that the narrator's family should move to France?

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