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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 7, 8, 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age does the narrator leave Chochinchina for Paris?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Eighteen.

2. 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) Property.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Clothes.

3. Who never had their own dresses?
(a) The wives of the government officials.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

4. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?
(a) The mother.
(b) The yonger brother.
(c) The older brother.
(d) The narrator.

5. What happens to the wives of the colonial potentates as they age in the colony?
(a) They get wiser with the years.
(b) They tutor the younger women.
(c) They slowly grow mad.
(d) They grow closer to their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does most of the mother's income go?

2. What contributed to the narrator's ravaged face?

3. Who watches out for the narrator?

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

5. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?

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