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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The mother.
(c) The older brother.
(d) The father.

2. What does the mother compare her daughter's diamond ring to?
(a) Her mother's wedding ring.
(b) A ring she had to pawn for money.
(c) Her first engagement ring.
(d) A beautiful crystal.

3. Who often weeps?
(a) The lover.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) The lover's father.
(d) The narrator.

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

5. What group did the narrator join after the war?
(a) The Young Politicians.
(b) The French Socialist Party.
(c) The French Communist Party.
(d) The Literary Guild.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mother do during a conversation between the mother and daughter where the mother finally acknowledges her daughter's behavior?

2. How does the younger brother die?

3. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.

4. Because of her involvement in the relationship with the lover, how do people in the colony react toward the narrator?

5. When does the narrator see imperfection in the lover?

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