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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
(a) After the younger brother's death.
(b) A decade before the ferry ride.
(c) A decade after the ferry ride.
(d) Right before the mother's death.

2. Where does the narrator get her dresses?
(a) From her mother's castoff dresses.
(b) From Paris.
(c) From a second-hand store.
(d) From a boutique.

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

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

5. Where did the family go after the father's death?
(a) They went to China.
(b) They returned to Paris.
(c) They remained in Chochinchina.
(d) They went to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later in her life, whose photograph does the narrator see that reminds her of herself as the young woman on the ferry?

2. Around what time is the novel narrated?

3. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?

4. What style of man's hat does the narrator wear?

5. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.

(see the answer key)

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