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

2. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?
(a) The mother, and both the younger and older brothers.
(b) The mother and younger brother only.
(c) The mother only.
(d) The younger brother only.

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

4. Where did the narrator find her hat?
(a) A second-hand store.
(b) Her mother's closet.
(c) Her friend's suitcase.
(d) A boutique.

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?
(a) Writer.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Mathematician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?

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

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

4. Who never had their own dresses?

5. Why does the older brother leave the colony to return to France?

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