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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many years older than the narrator is the older brother?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. How does the mother feel about the older brother?
(a) She is appalled by his behavior toward her other children.
(b) She wants him to take care of the family's money.
(c) She considers him her only validated child.
(d) She thinks he is spoiled.

3. What does the narrator describe sex as being related to?
(a) Life.
(b) Water.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

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

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. Why can't the narrator turn to her family for support in her isolation?

2. At the end of their relationship, what is true about the lover?

3. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.

4. The major events recalled in the novel about the time the family lived in Chochinchina happen when the narrator is _________ years old.

5. What is the mother obsessed with in regards to the narrator?

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