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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 15, 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the mother, what has the daughter done to her own life?
(a) She has just started it.
(b) She has ended it.
(c) She has ruined it.
(d) She has made it better.

2. In what year does the younger brother die?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1942.

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

4. What does the lover recall with great affection?
(a) A trip to America.
(b) The Parisan nightlife.
(c) His home in China.
(d) His mother.

5. Who often weeps?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The lover.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle.
(d) The lover's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks about the narrator's family's property investments?

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

3. Who watches out for the narrator?

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

5. Who never had their own dresses?

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