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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?
(a) Mekong River.
(b) Tonkin River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Saigon River.

2. How does the mother die in the novel?
(a) Getting hit by a bus.
(b) Drowning on the passage to Paris.
(c) The older brother murders her.
(d) From the same disease as the father.

3. How long does Dô stay with the mother?
(a) Until the family leaves for France.
(b) Until the mother's death.
(c) Until the narrator's affair.
(d) Until Dô's death.

4. What subject is the narrator less successful in?
(a) English.
(b) Literature.
(c) French.
(d) Mathematics.

5. In the novel, who does the mother favor?
(a) The older brother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The younger brother.
(d) The lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?

2. How does the narrator feel about her situation as a "kept woman"?

3. What is Nouvelle Ecole Française?

4. Towards the end of her life, the mother groomed herself for one final professional photograph. What was done to this photograph?

5. How does the mother feel about the older brother?

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