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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. Who does the narrator believe never knew the pleasure of sex?
(a) The older brother.
(b) Dô.
(c) The mother.
(d) The father.

2. What is the momentous turning point in the life of the narrator?
(a) Her graduation from school.
(b) Her return to Paris.
(c) The death of the mother.
(d) The meeting and affair with the lover.

3. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?
(a) The father.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

4. At what age does the narrator leave Chochinchina for Paris?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Eighteen.

5. During their relationship, the couple discusses many subjects. Which of the following subjects do they NOT discuss?
(a) Politics.
(b) Self.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the older brother leave the colony to return to France?

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

3. What does the narrator tell the lover are inseparable?

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

5. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?

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