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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segment 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe sex as being related to?
(a) Life.
(b) Water.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

2. Where do the narrator and the lover first engage in sexual intercourse?
(a) Her home.
(b) Her school.
(c) The ferry.
(d) His home.

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

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

5. 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 mother.
(b) The two women who ran the houses in Paris.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In segment 14, what does the narrator begin to flaunt while she is still in school?

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

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

4. Who controlled when and where the lover and the narrator would meet?

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

(see the answer key)

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