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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. What contributed to the narrator's ravaged face?
(a) Drinking heavily.
(b) Smoking heavily.
(c) An car accident.
(d) A fight with the older brother.

2. Who never had their own dresses?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) The wives of the government officials.
(d) The mother.

3. In the beginning of the story, the narrator appears old and "ravaged." During what age period is it noted that her most rapid aging took place?
(a) 15 to 19.
(b) 30 to 40.
(c) 25 to 30.
(d) 18 to 25.

4. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Sadec.
(c) Bien Hoa.
(d) Can Thoa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the father been appointed to a new job before his death?

2. What happened between the older brother and Dô?

3. Where does most of the mother's income go?

4. What does the mother equate the narrator's awakening sexuality with?

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

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