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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the lover meet his future wife?
(a) She was friends with the narrator in school.
(b) He meets her at a nightclub he went to with the narrator.
(c) He meets her on the ferry after the lover leaves.
(d) She is chosen by the father.

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

3. During the scene on the ferry, why does the narrator go to stand by the railing?
(a) She is seasick.
(b) She is waiting for someone.
(c) She wants to see the water.
(d) She is bored.

4. What becomes enshrined in the ravaged face of the narrator?
(a) Regret over the lover.
(b) Hatred of the mother.
(c) Envy of her friend's wealth.
(d) Fear of the older brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the younger brother die?

2. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?

3. Who escaped the law of error?

4. What does the mother suffer from throughout the narrator's life?

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

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