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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 17, 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.
(a) Ugly.
(b) Funny.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Quiet.

3. Around what time is the novel narrated?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1989.

4. Where had the father been appointed to a new job before his death?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Paris.
(c) Sadec.
(d) Phnom Penh.

5. What does the narrator tell the lover are inseparable?
(a) His money and her desire.
(b) The narrator and the lover.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle and the narrator.
(d) His love and her desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes the older brother?

2. What happened between the older brother and Dô?

3. How does the narrator wear dresses?

4. How was the younger brother related in age to the narrator?

5. How old is the younger brother when he dies?

(see the answer key)

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