4. How does the narrator obtain her make-up?
(a) She gets it from Dô.
(b) She gets it from Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) She borrows it from her mother.
(d) She steals it from a store.

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

6. Where does most of the mother's income go?
(a) To pay for the narrator's schooling.
(b) To pay the workers on the family's land.
(c) To paying the brother's debt.
(d) To buy dresses and jewelry for the mother.

7. What type of courses does is the younger brother enrolled in?
(a) Real Estate courses.
(b) Science courses.
(c) Bookkeeping courses.
(d) Math courses.

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

9. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
(a) Right before the mother's death.
(b) A decade after the ferry ride.
(c) After the younger brother's death.
(d) A decade before the ferry ride.

10. 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) Seventeen and one half.
(c) Eighteen and one half.
(d) Sixteen and one half.

11. How does the mother earn money?
(a) By teaching French to students from her home.
(b) By running French language schools.
(c) By selling her valuable possessions.
(d) Through her property investments.

12. Who travels between France and Chochinchina about every year or so?
(a) The older brother.
(b) The mother.
(c) The lover.
(d) The narrator.

13. What subject does the narrator excel in?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Literature.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) French.

14. After the father's death, the mother is in control of the family's finances. She consequently mismanages the money, leaving the family poor. What did the mother buy that resulted in the loss of the family's wealth?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Property.

15. What subject is the narrator less successful in?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Literature.