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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about her situation as a "kept woman"?
(a) She feels ashamed.
(b) She finds it comforting.
(c) She finds it strange.
(d) She wants to tell her mother.

2. In segment 14, who is an American woman from Boston that runs a house in Paris?
(a) Betty Fernandez.
(b) Harriet Lagonelle.
(c) Jean Thomas.
(d) Marie-Claude Carpenter.

3. How does the relationship between Hélène Lagonelle and the narrator end?
(a) They have a fight and stop talking.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle leaves school without explanation.
(c) The narrator leaves for France.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle marries the lover.

4. What event is happening at the time in which the younger brother dies?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Russian Revolution.

5. During their relationship, the couple discusses many subjects. Which of the following subjects do they NOT discuss?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Politics.
(d) Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and the lover first engage in sexual intercourse?

2. How long does the relationship between the lover and the narrator last?

3. How did the lover end up back in Chochinchina?

4. What does the lover recall with great affection?

5. In a letter to the narrator after high school, what sport does the younger brother say he has taken up?

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