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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 5, 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.
(a) Funny.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Beautiful.

2. Who in the novel is especially terrorized and lives their life in a shadow of fear?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) The mother.
(c) Dô.
(d) The narrator.

3. In segments 5 and 6, as well as other parts of the novel, which characteristics best describe narrator?
(a) Old and foolish.
(b) Ugly and brutish.
(c) Smart and independent.
(d) Stupid and dependent.

4. The family in the story consists of white citizens residing in the colony of Chochinchina. Where is the family originally from?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Although seemingly impossible, according to society at the time, what could the wives of the colonial potentates have done to keep their husbands from straying?

2. Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel?

3. How does the narrator view Hélène Lagonelle?

4. What is the name of the mother?

5. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?

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