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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What subject does the narrator excel in?
(a) Chinese.
(b) French.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Literature.

3. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?
(a) Fifteen and a half.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Nineteen and a half.
(d) Twenty-four.

4. Which does NOT describe Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) Older than the narrator.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Mature.
(d) Naïve.

5. Who demanded that the relationship between the narrator and the lover end?
(a) The lover's father.
(b) The older brother.
(c) A teacher.
(d) The mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the relationship between Hélène Lagonelle and the narrator end?

2. In segment 13, who learns of the relationship and begins to attack it?

3. What does the narrator consider takes a personal toll on women?

4. What is the relationship between the younger brother and the narrator after high school?

5. Who escaped the law of error?

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