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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. Around what time is the novel narrated?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1929.

2. Who travels between France and Chochinchina about every year or so?
(a) The lover.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The mother.

3. The family in the story consists of white citizens residing in the colony of Chochinchina. Where is the family originally from?
(a) America.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

4. Where does most of the mother's income go?
(a) To pay the workers on the family's land.
(b) To pay for the narrator's schooling.
(c) To paying the brother's debt.
(d) To buy dresses and jewelry for the mother.

5. Who is a competent tailor?
(a) The mother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Dô.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?

3. What happened between the older brother and Dô?

4. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?

5. After they return to France, who lives with the mother?

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