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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In contrast to what the mother plans, what does the narrator want to be?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Mathematician.

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

4. While living in the French colony of Chochinchina, in what city is the narrator's school located?
(a) Sadec.
(b) Can Tho.
(c) Bien Hoa.
(d) Saigon.

5. After the father's death, the mother is in control of the family's finances. She consequently mismanages the money, leaving the family poor. What did the mother buy that resulted in the loss of the family's wealth?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Property.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?

2. Who asks about the narrator's family's property investments?

3. Who watches out for the narrator?

4. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?

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

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