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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what showed things as they really were?
(a) Portraits drawn by a professional artist.
(b) Photos taken by visitors or strangers.
(c) Her own memories.
(d) Photos taken in professional sessions.

2. In a letter to the narrator after high school, what sport does the younger brother say he has taken up?
(a) Golf.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Polo.
(d) Field hockey.

3. Towards the end of her life, the mother groomed herself for one final professional photograph. What was done to this photograph?
(a) It was sold by the older brother.
(b) It was thrown out by the narrator.
(c) It was never developed properly.
(d) It was retouched to make her look artifical.

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

5. How does the narrator feel about her situation as a "kept woman"?
(a) She finds it comforting.
(b) She finds it strange.
(c) She wants to tell her mother.
(d) She feels ashamed.

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

7. What does the lover fear will happen should the relationship become public?
(a) He will be sent back to China.
(b) He will be forced to marry the narrator.
(c) He will be humiliated and disgraced.
(d) He will lose his inheritance.

8. What is the relationship between the younger brother and the narrator after high school?
(a) They live far apart but visit often.
(b) They become neighbors in Saigon.
(c) They move to France to live together.
(d) They are separated for the rest of their lives.

9. During their relationship, the couple discusses many subjects. Which of the following subjects do they NOT discuss?
(a) Money.
(b) Politics.
(c) Love.
(d) Self.

10. What is done to the lover on the outings to the restaurants and nightclubs?
(a) He has to stand the whole time.
(b) He is not allowed to speak to the narrator.
(c) He is made to sit at a different table.
(d) He is mostly ignored.

11. How did the lover end up back in Chochinchina?
(a) He got bored with his life and wanted to go home.
(b) His father recalled him with the threat of cutting him off.
(c) He missed his family and came back to see them.
(d) He was done with school and wanted to start working.

12. Who often joins the lover and the narrator at expensive restaurants and nightclubs?
(a) Dô.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) The narrator's family.
(d) The lover's father.

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

14. Who often weeps?
(a) Hélène Lagonelle.
(b) The lover.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The lover's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject was NOT discussed in the houses where the narrator took her meals and spent much time?

2. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?

3. Where do the narrator and the lover first engage in sexual intercourse?

4. In segment 14, what does the narrator begin to flaunt while she is still in school?

5. How long does the relationship between the lover and the narrator last?

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