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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 happens to the wives of the colonial potentates as they age in the colony?
(a) They slowly grow mad.
(b) They get wiser with the years.
(c) They tutor the younger women.
(d) They grow closer to their husbands.

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

3. Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel?
(a) The mother and Dô.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle and the lover.
(c) Dô and the older brother.
(d) The lover and Dô.

4. What is the relationship between the lover and the narrator based on?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) Love.
(d) Admiration.

5. How does the narrator feel about her situation as a "kept woman"?
(a) She wants to tell her mother.
(b) She finds it strange.
(c) She feels ashamed.
(d) She finds it comforting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator confide in concerning her affair?

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

3. What did the mother always take with her on her trips to France?

4. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?

5. What is the momentous turning point in the life of the narrator?

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