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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) Mean-spirited.
(c) Shy.
(d) Harmless.

2. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Note-worthy people.
(c) Young people.
(d) Foreigners.

3. What does the lover fear will happen should the relationship become public?
(a) He will be sent back to China.
(b) He will lose his inheritance.
(c) He will be forced to marry the narrator.
(d) He will be humiliated and disgraced.

4. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?
(a) The mother, and both the younger and older brothers.
(b) The younger brother only.
(c) The mother and younger brother only.
(d) The mother only.

5. Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel?
(a) Hélène Lagonelle and the lover.
(b) The lover and Dô.
(c) Dô and the older brother.
(d) The mother and Dô.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lover have difficulty doing?

2. What nationality is the lover?

3. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?

4. Where did the family go after the father's death?

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

(see the answer key)

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