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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator find her hat?
(a) A boutique.
(b) A second-hand store.
(c) Her mother's closet.
(d) Her friend's suitcase.

2. Which does NOT describe Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) Older than the narrator.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Naïve.
(d) Mature.

3. What is Nouvelle Ecole Française?
(a) A favorite phrase of the narrator.
(b) A store visited by the narrator.
(c) A French language school run by the mother.
(d) A popular theater in Chochinchina.

4. What helps to awaken the narrator's sexuality?
(a) The mother.
(b) A play she sees.
(c) Her schooling.
(d) Her new clothing.

5. What is the mother obsessed with in regards to the narrator?
(a) Having her escape poverty.
(b) Sending her to France.
(c) Her being a great writer.
(d) Having her marry the lover.

6. In segments 5 and 6, as well as other parts of the novel, which characteristics best describe narrator?
(a) Ugly and brutish.
(b) Smart and independent.
(c) Old and foolish.
(d) Stupid and dependent.

7. Who watches out for the narrator?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) The bus driver and ferry hands.
(c) The older brother.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

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

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

10. Who uses the money that the narrator has access to through her relationship?
(a) The narrator only.
(b) The narrator and the older brother.
(c) The narrator and the mother.
(d) The entire family.

11. Who escaped the law of error?
(a) The mother.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Dô.

12. Who takes care of the family property?
(a) Paid farmhands.
(b) The family.
(c) Nomadic farmers.
(d) The family servants.

13. The lover comments that it is rare to see a white girl ________.
(a) On a ferry.
(b) On a native bus.
(c) In Chochinchina.
(d) In a man's hat.

14. The major events recalled in the novel about the time the family lived in Chochinchina happen when the narrator is _________ years old.
(a) Fifteen and one half.
(b) Sixteen and one half.
(c) Eighteen and one half.
(d) Seventeen and one half.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject is the narrator less successful in?

2. The family in the story consists of white citizens residing in the colony of Chochinchina. Where is the family originally from?

3. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?

4. What is the name of the mother?

5. At what age does the narrator leave Chochinchina for Paris?

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