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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 15, 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In segment 16, what does the narrator compare her life to?
(a) A tragic play.
(b) A movie.
(c) A series of staged photographs.
(d) A raging river.

2. What nationality is the lover?
(a) Chinese.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Vietnamese.

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

4. What subject is the narrator less successful in?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Literature.

5. What does the lover have difficulty doing?
(a) Expressing his feelings.
(b) Driving a car.
(c) Paying attention to the narrator.
(d) Entertaining the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the lover describe his life in Paris, where he was a student?

3. What does the narrator equate the older brother with?

4. The lover fears that the narrator only wants his _______.

5. What does the lover recall with great affection?

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