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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?
(a) Fifteen and a half.
(b) Nineteen and a half.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twenty-three.

2. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?
(a) Sadec.
(b) Can Thoa.
(c) Bien Hoa.
(d) Saigon.

3. Where had the father been appointed to a new job before his death?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Phnom Penh.
(c) Sadec.
(d) Paris.

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

5. As French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?
(a) Socio-economic power.
(b) A chaffeured car.
(c) Beautiful clothes.
(d) Fine jewelry.

6. Around what time is the novel narrated?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1989.

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

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

9. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?
(a) The mother and younger brother only.
(b) The younger brother only.
(c) The mother, and both the younger and older brothers.
(d) The mother only.

10. The narrator has ____ older sibling(s).
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

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

13. 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 paying the brother's debt.
(d) To pay for the narrator's schooling.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?

2. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?

3. What is the mother obsessed with in regards to the narrator?

4. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?

5. The family in the story consists of white citizens residing in the colony of Chochinchina. Where is the family originally from?

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