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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's?
(a) Her long, flowing hair.
(b) Her family's fine home.
(c) Her body's sexual virtues.
(d) Her grades.

2. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?
(a) Saigon River.
(b) Red River.
(c) Tonkin River.
(d) Mekong River.

3. What subject does the narrator excel in?
(a) Literature.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) French.

4. The lover comments that it is rare to see a white girl ________.
(a) In a man's hat.
(b) On a ferry.
(c) On a native bus.
(d) In Chochinchina.

5. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Nineteen and a half.
(d) Fifteen and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches out for the narrator?

2. Where did the narrator find her hat?

3. What is the name of the mother?

4. Which best describes the body of the narrator?

5. Who never had their own dresses?

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