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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the biggest influence on the why the relationship between the narrator and the lover is ending?
(a) The lover.
(b) The lover's father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

2. What does the lover have difficulty doing?
(a) Entertaining the narrator.
(b) Expressing his feelings.
(c) Paying attention to the narrator.
(d) Driving a car.

3. In what year does the narrator finish high school?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1935.

4. What is the name of the mother's first husband?
(a) Mr. Light.
(b) Mr. Night.
(c) Mr. Strange.
(d) Mr. Dark.

5. In segment 16, what does the narrator compare her life to?
(a) A series of staged photographs.
(b) A raging river.
(c) A tragic play.
(d) A movie.

6. What does the lover pass on to the narrator on their last sexual encounter?
(a) His new address.
(b) His wisdom.
(c) A disease.
(d) A diamond necklace.

7. Who decided that the narrator's family should move to France?
(a) The lover's father.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

8. What does the mother do during a conversation between the mother and daughter where the mother finally acknowledges her daughter's behavior?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She strikes the daughter.
(c) She commends the daughter's behavior.
(d) She throws the daughter out of the house.

9. What is the momentous turning point in the life of the narrator?
(a) The meeting and affair with the lover.
(b) Her graduation from school.
(c) Her return to Paris.
(d) The death of the mother.

10. What did the mother often do with the family?
(a) She had their portraits drawn by a professional artist.
(b) She had their fortunes read by a local psychic.
(c) She took them to see plays at the local theater.
(d) She assembled them for professional photography sessions.

11. What does the narrator realize about the lover even upon the first meeting?
(a) He wants to marry her.
(b) He is an intimidating person.
(c) He is afraid of her and she has power over him.
(d) He has no real interest in her.

12. What word best describes the family?
(a) Dysfunctional.
(b) Loving.
(c) Functional.
(d) Close-knit.

13. The mother's actions towards the girl's situation include all of the following except:
(a) The mother laughs about her daughter's excesses.
(b) The mother throws her daughter out of the house.
(c) The mother defends her daughter.
(d) The mother weeps.

14. How does the narrator describe the body of the lover?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Deformed.
(d) Androgynous.

15. How does the relationship between Hélène Lagonelle and the narrator end?
(a) The narrator leaves for France.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle marries the lover.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle leaves school without explanation.
(d) They have a fight and stop talking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many husbands has the mother had?

2. What is done to the lover on the outings to the restaurants and nightclubs?

3. When does the narrator see imperfection in the lover?

4. In a letter to the narrator after high school, what sport does the younger brother say he has taken up?

5. What does the lover fear will happen should the relationship become public?

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