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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the body of the narrator?
(a) Mature and full.
(b) Youthful and thin.
(c) Chubby.
(d) Short and stalky.

2. Why does the narrator usually resist waking her friend at school?
(a) She does not return to sleep and gets agitated later in the day.
(b) Her friend is a heavy sleeper and won't wake up anyway.
(c) She's afraid her friend will tell the teachers what she's been doing.
(d) She does not believe the narrator's stories and tells her so.

3. What subject was NOT discussed in the houses where the narrator took her meals and spent much time?
(a) Politics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Religion.
(d) The arts.

4. In the beginning of the story, the narrator appears old and "ravaged." During what age period is it noted that her most rapid aging took place?
(a) 30 to 40.
(b) 25 to 30.
(c) 18 to 25.
(d) 15 to 19.

5. How old is the lover when the relationship with the narrator begins?
(a) Twenty-seven.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Twenty-nine.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's?

2. In the novel, who does the mother favor?

3. What style of man's hat does the narrator wear?

4. Where did the narrator find her hat?

5. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?

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