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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. Later in her life, whose photograph does the narrator see that reminds her of herself as the young woman on the ferry?
(a) Her mother as a young woman.
(b) A friend from her childhood.
(c) Her twenty-year-old son.
(d) A movie star of the day.

2. Who in the novel is especially terrorized and lives their life in a shadow of fear?
(a) The mother.
(b) The younger brother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Dô.

3. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?
(a) Tonkin River.
(b) Red River.
(c) Saigon River.
(d) Mekong River.

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

5. After the father's death, what happens to the family property the mother invests in ?
(a) The lands thrive and the family makes money off of it.
(b) Villagers set fire to it, and it becomes a wasteland.
(c) It is sold to a nearby village who builds a school on it.
(d) It isn't taken care of properly and falls into decay.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator wear dresses?

2. Which item is NOT a part of the ensemble worn by the narrator?

3. What type of automobile does the lover ride in?

4. Who drives a Citroën B12?

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

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