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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segment 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?
(a) A bus.
(b) A car.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A truck.

2. Where did the family go after the father's death?
(a) They went to America.
(b) They returned to Paris.
(c) They went to China.
(d) They remained in Chochinchina.

3. What does the narrator consider takes a personal toll on women?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Colonial life.
(d) Having children.

4. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?
(a) Fifteen and a half.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Nineteen and a half.
(d) Twenty-three.

5. How long does the relationship between the lover and the narrator last?
(a) Half a year.
(b) Two years.
(c) A year.
(d) A year and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the mother earn money?

2. In the beginning of the story, the narrator appears old and "ravaged." During what age period is it noted that her most rapid aging took place?

3. What does the narrator tell the lover are inseparable?

4. How old is the lover when the relationship with the narrator begins?

5. What is Nouvelle Ecole Française?

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