3. How does the mother die in the novel?
(a) The older brother murders her.
(b) Drowning on the passage to Paris.
(c) Getting hit by a bus.
(d) From the same disease as the father.

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

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

6. What is the name of the narrator's friend?
(a) Hélène Lagonelle.
(b) Harriet Lancaster.
(c) Harriet Lagonelle.
(d) Hélène Lancaster.

7. What is the name of the family's loyal domestic servant?
(a) Hélène.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Dô.
(d) Thị.

8. About how old is the older brother when the mother dies?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

9. Although seemingly impossible, according to society at the time, what could the wives of the colonial potentates have done to keep their husbands from straying?
(a) Put spells on them.
(b) Retained their beauty.
(c) Locked their husbands up at home.
(d) Grow younger.

10. At what age did the narrator start receiving sexual attention from men?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fourteen.

11. Who appeared in the premonition that the mother had before the father's death?
(a) The narrator's father.
(b) The narrator's grandmother.
(c) The narrator's grandfather.
(d) The narrator.

12. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?
(a) She wears only lipstick.
(b) She wears light make-up.
(c) She doesn't wear make-up.
(d) She wears heavy make-up.

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

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

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