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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes the older brother?
(a) Harmless.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Mean-spirited.
(d) Shy.

2. How does the mother die in the novel?
(a) The older brother murders her.
(b) Drowning on the passage to Paris.
(c) From the same disease as the father.
(d) Getting hit by a bus.

3. After the father's death, the mother is in control of the family's finances. She consequently mismanages the money, leaving the family poor. What did the mother buy that resulted in the loss of the family's wealth?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Property.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Furniture.

4. Who appeared in the premonition that the mother had before the father's death?
(a) The narrator's grandmother.
(b) The narrator's grandfather.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The mother took seasonal trips to France. Why wasn't the narrator invited?

3. Who never had their own dresses?

4. What material is the narrator's dress made of?

5. What is the relationship between the younger brother and the narrator after high school?

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