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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator wear dresses?
(a) Backwards.
(b) A little loose but fitted.
(c) As if they were sacks.
(d) Very tight to show off her body.

2. The major events recalled in the novel about the time the family lived in Chochinchina happen when the narrator is _________ years old.
(a) Fifteen and one half.
(b) Eighteen and one half.
(c) Seventeen and one half.
(d) Sixteen and one half.

3. How does the younger brother die?
(a) From an infectious disease.
(b) By drowning.
(c) From a heart attack.
(d) By being hit by a car.

4. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?
(a) A truck.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A car.
(d) A bus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While living in the French colony of Chochinchina, in what city is the narrator's school located?

2. How does the narrator view Hélène Lagonelle?

3. What type of automobile does the lover ride in?

4. After the father's death, the mother is in control of the family's finances. She consequently mismanages the money, leaving the family poor. What did the mother buy that resulted in the loss of the family's wealth?

5. In the novel, who does the mother favor?

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