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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 nationality is the lover?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Chinese.

2. How does the mother die in the novel?
(a) Drowning on the passage to Paris.
(b) The older brother murders her.
(c) From the same disease as the father.
(d) Getting hit by a bus.

3. The lover fears that the narrator only wants his _______.
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Car.
(d) Brother.

4. Later in life, what does the narrator write many books about?
(a) China.
(b) Colonial women.
(c) Sex.
(d) The family's situation.

5. Which does NOT describe Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) Older than the narrator.
(b) Naïve.
(c) Mature.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family's loyal domestic servant?

2. What subject is the narrator less successful in?

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

4. Which best describes the body of the narrator?

5. What material is the narrator's dress made of?

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