View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does the narrator excel in?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Literature.
(d) French.

2. What subject was NOT discussed in the houses where the narrator took her meals and spent much time?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) The arts.
(d) Literature.

3. In what year does the narrator finish high school?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1929.

4. What does Hélène Lagonelle talk often of during her conversations with the narrator?
(a) Running away.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Schoolwork.

5. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?
(a) She will never be able to trust anyone.
(b) She can be the best kind of wife and mother.
(c) She will never be able to love anyone.
(d) She can become anything anyone wants her to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who demanded that the relationship between the narrator and the lover end?

2. What does the lover recall with great affection?

3. Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel?

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

5. Where does the narrator get her dresses?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample