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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. In the novel, the mother is very concerned with the studies of her children and even attempts to plan the narrator's future. What does the mother decide that she wants the narrator to be?
(a) Writer.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Teacher.

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

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

4. Who drives a Citroën B12?
(a) The lover.
(b) The mother.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle.
(d) The older brother.

5. During the scene on the ferry, why does the narrator go to stand by the railing?
(a) She is seasick.
(b) She is waiting for someone.
(c) She is bored.
(d) She wants to see the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the younger brother die?

2. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?

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

4. As French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?

5. What happens to the wives of the colonial potentates as they age in the colony?

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