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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?
(a) The older brother.
(b) The yonger brother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The mother.

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

3. How does the family's servant seem to function in the family?
(a) Like an indentured servant.
(b) As paid staff.
(c) Like a second-class family member.
(d) As a second mother for the narrator.

4. What contributed to the narrator's ravaged face?
(a) An car accident.
(b) Drinking heavily.
(c) A fight with the older brother.
(d) Smoking heavily.

5. Which best describes the body of the narrator?
(a) Chubby.
(b) Short and stalky.
(c) Youthful and thin.
(d) Mature and full.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches out for the narrator?

2. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?

3. Who escaped the law of error?

4. How does the narrator obtain her make-up?

5. The major events recalled in the novel about the time the family lived in Chochinchina happen when the narrator is _________ years old.

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