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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they return to France, who lives with the mother?
(a) Dô.
(b) The younger brother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The older brother.

2. What material is the narrator's dress made of?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Satin.
(c) Nylon.
(d) Silk.

3. Which item is NOT a part of the ensemble worn by the narrator?
(a) Gold lamé shoes.
(b) A man's belt.
(c) A man's hat.
(d) Lace gloves.

4. Later in her life, whose photograph does the narrator see that reminds her of herself as the young woman on the ferry?
(a) A movie star of the day.
(b) Her twenty-year-old son.
(c) Her mother as a young woman.
(d) A friend from her childhood.

5. Who in the novel is especially terrorized and lives their life in a shadow of fear?
(a) The mother.
(b) The younger brother.
(c) Dô.
(d) The narrator.

6. About how old is the narrator when she last sees the property?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

9. Chochinchina is today known as what country?
(a) South Vietnam.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) North Vietnam.
(d) China.

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

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

12. What type of automobile does the lover ride in?
(a) A bus.
(b) A black limousine.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A luxury sedan.

13. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?
(a) The mother.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The father.

14. Who asks about the narrator's family's property investments?
(a) The lover.
(b) The bus driver and ferry hands.
(c) The government officials.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator has ____ older sibling(s).

3. In contrast to what the mother plans, what does the narrator want to be?

4. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?

5. How long does Dô stay with the mother?

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