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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 10, 11, 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?
(a) 1929-1930.
(b) 1928-1929.
(c) 1935-1936.
(d) 1919-1920.

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

3. Chochinchina is today known as what country?
(a) China.
(b) South Vietnam.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) North Vietnam.

4. In contrast to what the mother plans, what does the narrator want to be?
(a) Writer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Seamstress.

5. In the novel, who does the mother favor?
(a) The lover.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The older brother.
(d) The younger brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the family go after the father's death?

2. What becomes enshrined in the ravaged face of the narrator?

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe the body of the lover?

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