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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The lover fears that the narrator only wants his _______.
(a) Car.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Brother.

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

3. What is the name of the narrator's friend?
(a) Hélène Lancaster.
(b) Harriet Lagonelle.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle.
(d) Harriet Lancaster.

4. The major events recalled in the novel about the time the family lived in Chochinchina happen when the narrator is _________ years old.
(a) Sixteen and one half.
(b) Seventeen and one half.
(c) Fifteen and one half.
(d) Eighteen and one half.

5. What does Hélène Lagonelle talk often of during her conversations with the narrator?
(a) Schoolwork.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Running away.
(d) Her boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the lover?

2. What does the narrator tell the lover are inseparable?

3. What is the name of the mother's first husband?

4. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?

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

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