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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?
(a) The mother.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The yonger brother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. In contrast to what the mother plans, what does the narrator want to be?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Writer.

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

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

14. Where does the narrator get her dresses?
(a) From Paris.
(b) From her mother's castoff dresses.
(c) From a second-hand store.
(d) From a boutique.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appeared in the premonition that the mother had before the father's death?

2. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?

3. What material is the narrator's dress made of?

4. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?

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

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