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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 French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?
(a) A chaffeured car.
(b) Beautiful clothes.
(c) Socio-economic power.
(d) Fine jewelry.

2. Who never had their own dresses?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The mother.
(c) The wives of the government officials.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

3. What nationality is the lover?
(a) English.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) French.

4. At what age did the narrator start receiving sexual attention from men?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twelve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's friend?

2. What material is the narrator's dress made of?

3. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?

4. What type of clothes does the lover wear?

5. In the novel, the mother is very concerned with the studies of her children and even attempts to plan the narrator's future. What does the mother decide that she wants the narrator to be?

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