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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hélène Lagonelle talk often of during her conversations with the narrator?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Running away.
(c) Schoolwork.
(d) Getting married.

2. What group did the narrator join after the war?
(a) The French Communist Party.
(b) The French Socialist Party.
(c) The Young Politicians.
(d) The Literary Guild.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the relationship between the lover and the narrator based on?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Love.
(c) Sexual desire.
(d) Admiration.

8. What does the lover recall with great affection?
(a) His home in China.
(b) A trip to America.
(c) The Parisan nightlife.
(d) His mother.

9. 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.

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

11. How does the mother feel about the older brother?
(a) She wants him to take care of the family's money.
(b) She is appalled by his behavior toward her other children.
(c) She considers him her only validated child.
(d) She thinks he is spoiled.

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

13. Because of her involvement in the relationship with the lover, how do people in the colony react toward the narrator?
(a) They avoid her.
(b) They mock her.
(c) They question her about it.
(d) She becomes more popular.

14. In segment 14, what does the narrator begin to flaunt while she is still in school?
(a) Her new hairdo.
(b) A valuable diamond ring.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) Fancy clothes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the narrator over the course of the relationship?

2. During their relationship, the couple discusses many subjects. Which of the following subjects do they NOT discuss?

3. During conversation, the lover tells the narrator he knows someone that she knows. Who is it?

4. What word best describes the family?

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

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