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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the younger brother die?
(a) From a heart attack.
(b) By drowning.
(c) By being hit by a car.
(d) From an infectious disease.

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

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

6. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?
(a) A truck.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A car.
(d) A bus.

7. What does the mother suffer from throughout the narrator's life?
(a) Headaches.
(b) Rashes.
(c) Depression.
(d) Nausea.

8. 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.

9. Between which years do most of the action referred to in the novel take place?
(a) 1919-1920.
(b) 1935-1936.
(c) 1929-1930.
(d) 1928-1929.

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

11. Later in life, what does the narrator write many books about?
(a) China.
(b) The family's situation.
(c) Sex.
(d) Colonial women.

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

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

14. What type of stores does the narrator often visit?
(a) Lingerie stores.
(b) Grocery stores.
(c) Twice-discounted clothing stores.
(d) Writing supplies stores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which does NOT describe Hélène Lagonelle?

2. What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's?

3. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?

4. How long does Dô stay with the mother?

5. How does the mother die in the novel?

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