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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 5, 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the body of the narrator?
(a) Short and stalky.
(b) Youthful and thin.
(c) Chubby.
(d) Mature and full.

2. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Bien Hoa.
(c) Sadec.
(d) Can Thoa.

3. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
(a) Right before the mother's death.
(b) A decade after the ferry ride.
(c) A decade before the ferry ride.
(d) After the younger brother's death.

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

5. Chochinchina is today known as what country?
(a) South Vietnam.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) North Vietnam.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?

2. What type of courses does is the younger brother enrolled in?

3. How long does Dô stay with the mother?

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

5. What is the name of the narrator's friend?

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