2. What subject was NOT discussed in the houses where the narrator took her meals and spent much time?
(a) The arts.
(b) Politics.
(c) Literature.
(d) Religion.

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

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

5. Who does the narrator believe never knew the pleasure of sex?
(a) The older brother.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) Dô.

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

7. Who controlled when and where the lover and the narrator would meet?
(a) The mother.
(b) The lover.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The older brother.

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

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

10. 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) Order a general house cleaning.
(d) Take the family to restaurants and nightclubs.

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

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

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

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

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