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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While living in the French colony of Chochinchina, in what city is the narrator's school located?
(a) Can Tho.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Bien Hoa.
(d) Sadec.

2. What does the narrator consider takes a personal toll on women?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Colonial life.
(c) Having children.
(d) Going to school.

3. In the novel, who does the mother favor?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The older brother.
(d) The lover.

4. What does the mother equate the narrator's awakening sexuality with?
(a) Money.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Bad influences.
(d) Being a teenager.

5. How does the narrator view Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) As a jealous rival.
(b) As a long lost sister.
(c) As an unfortunate foreigner.
(d) As the embodiment of beauty.

6. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?
(a) From an infectious disease.
(b) From fear.
(c) From a heart attack.
(d) By drowning.

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

8. As French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?
(a) Socio-economic power.
(b) A chaffeured car.
(c) Fine jewelry.
(d) Beautiful clothes.

9. Who drives a Citroën B12?
(a) The mother.
(b) The lover.
(c) The older brother.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

10. What is the name of the mother?
(a) Dô.
(b) She is unnamed.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) Helene.

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

12. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?
(a) She can become anything anyone wants her to be.
(b) She can be the best kind of wife and mother.
(c) She will never be able to love anyone.
(d) She will never be able to trust anyone.

13. How does the narrator wear dresses?
(a) A little loose but fitted.
(b) As if they were sacks.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Very tight to show off her body.

14. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?
(a) 1928-1929.
(b) 1929-1930.
(c) 1919-1920.
(d) 1935-1936.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escaped the law of error?

2. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?

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

4. How does the mother earn money?

5. What is the name of the family's loyal domestic servant?

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