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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the narrator turn to her family for support in her isolation?
(a) They have kicked her out of the house.
(b) They are unsympathetic.
(c) They want to be friends with the lover.
(d) They are not aware of the relationship.

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

3. In segment 13, what is the status of the relationship?
(a) It is highly secretive.
(b) It is finished.
(c) It is widely known but not acknowledged.
(d) It is widely known and accepted.

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

5. In segment 14, who is an American woman from Boston that runs a house in Paris?
(a) Jean Thomas.
(b) Betty Fernandez.
(c) Harriet Lagonelle.
(d) Marie-Claude Carpenter.

6. In whose presence does the narrator find the lover discovered and undesirable?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) The older brother.
(c) The mother.
(d) The lover's father.

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

8. What would the mother do after she emerged from a depressive episode?
(a) Entertain friends in her home.
(b) Order more dresses for herself.
(c) Take the family to restaurants and nightclubs.
(d) Order a general house cleaning.

9. How many letters does the younger brother write to his sister during the period after high school?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty or more.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

10. At the end of their relationship, what is true about the lover?
(a) His money has run out.
(b) His desire for the narrator has not faded.
(c) His desire for the narrator is non-existent.
(d) He regrets the entire relationship.

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

12. How long does the relationship between the lover and the narrator last?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Half a year.
(c) A year.
(d) Two years.

13. In segment 13, who learns of the relationship and begins to attack it?
(a) The mother.
(b) The lover's father.
(c) The younger brother.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

14. What does the mother compare her daughter's diamond ring to?
(a) Her mother's wedding ring.
(b) A ring she had to pawn for money.
(c) Her first engagement ring.
(d) A beautiful crystal.

15. How old is the lover when the relationship with the narrator begins?
(a) Twenty-seven.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Twenty-nine.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decided that the narrator's family should move to France?

2. Who is the biggest influence on the why the relationship between the narrator and the lover is ending?

3. What does the narrator equate the older brother with?

4. How does the relationship between Hélène Lagonelle and the narrator end?

5. What two new characters do we meet in segment 14?

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