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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 happened between the older brother and Dô?
(a) They ran away together.
(b) He attempted to rape her.
(c) She beat him.
(d) They fell in love.

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

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

4. Who escaped the law of error?
(a) Hélène Lagonelle.
(b) Dô.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The mother.

5. Why does the older brother leave the colony to return to France?
(a) Because he fights too much with his siblings.
(b) Because he is ill.
(c) To obtain a technical education.
(d) To meet his future wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Dô stay with the mother?

2. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?

3. After they return to France, who lives with the mother?

4. What is the mother obsessed with in regards to the narrator?

5. What nationality is the lover?

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