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The Lover Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material is the narrator's dress made of?
(a) Satin.
(b) Nylon.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

2. In the novel, the mother is very concerned with the studies of her children and even attempts to plan the narrator's future. What does the mother decide that she wants the narrator to be?
(a) Writer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Secretary.

3. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?
(a) She doesn't wear make-up.
(b) She wears light make-up.
(c) She wears only lipstick.
(d) She wears heavy make-up.

4. Which best describes the body of the narrator?
(a) Short and stalky.
(b) Chubby.
(c) Mature and full.
(d) Youthful and thin.

5. What is Nouvelle Ecole Française?
(a) A popular theater in Chochinchina.
(b) A favorite phrase of the narrator.
(c) A store visited by the narrator.
(d) A French language school run by the mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of clothes does the lover wear?

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

3. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Notice the difference in the mother and narrator's opinions of photography. What is the difference, and what does it point out about the difference in these characters?

2. What is the relationship between the lover and the narrator? How does the narrator feel about it?

3. How does the narration of events work in this novel? Is the way that narrator chooses to tell the story confusing or compelling?

4. How does the father's death affect the family?

5. Why does the mother consider writing, in regards to a career for the narrator, to be unconscionable?

6. What metaphor is used in sync with the narrator's perfect moment in time, when she is on the ferry where she will meet the lover?

7. How does the lover feel about the narrator at the end of the relationship?

8. The narrator describes both the lover's body and her own in unique ways at the very beginning of their relationship. Explain how.

9. Explain why the relationship would not have lasted even if the narrator would have remained in Chochinchina.

10. Describe the mother's behavior toward her daughter's conduct during the height of her relationship with the lover in segments 15 and 16.

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