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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. How does the narrator describe the body of the lover?
(a) Androgynous.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Deformed.
(d) Feminine.

2. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?
(a) She doesn't wear make-up.
(b) She wears only lipstick.
(c) She wears light make-up.
(d) She wears heavy make-up.

3. The narrator has ____ older sibling(s).
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Later in her life, whose photograph does the narrator see that reminds her of herself as the young woman on the ferry?

2. What does the lover recall with great affection?

3. What helps to awaken the narrator's sexuality?

4. Later in life, what does the narrator write many books about?

5. What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's?

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