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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes the older brother?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Shy.
(c) Harmless.
(d) Mean-spirited.

2. Who uses the money that the narrator has access to through her relationship?
(a) The narrator only.
(b) The narrator and the older brother.
(c) The entire family.
(d) The narrator and the mother.

3. In segment 14, who is an American woman from Boston that runs a house in Paris?
(a) Harriet Lagonelle.
(b) Betty Fernandez.
(c) Jean Thomas.
(d) Marie-Claude Carpenter.

4. Who actively supports the older brother's behavior?
(a) The lover.
(b) The mother.
(c) The younger brother.
(d) The narrator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lover fear will happen should the relationship become public?

2. Who is a competent tailor?

3. In segments 5 and 6, as well as other parts of the novel, which characteristics best describe narrator?

4. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?

5. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?

(see the answer key)

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