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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they return to France, who lives with the mother?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) Dô.
(c) The older brother.
(d) The narrator.

2. Why can't the narrator turn to her family for support in her isolation?
(a) They are unsympathetic.
(b) They want to be friends with the lover.
(c) They have kicked her out of the house.
(d) They are not aware of the relationship.

3. What event is happening at the time in which the younger brother dies?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Russian Revolution.

4. What is the relationship between the younger brother and the narrator after high school?
(a) They live far apart but visit often.
(b) They are separated for the rest of their lives.
(c) They move to France to live together.
(d) They become neighbors in Saigon.

5. What subject was NOT discussed in the houses where the narrator took her meals and spent much time?
(a) The arts.
(b) Literature.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lover recall with great affection?

2. In contrast to what the mother plans, what does the narrator want to be?

3. What happens to the wives of the colonial potentates as they age in the colony?

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

5. What becomes enshrined in the ravaged face of the narrator?

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