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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the mother always take with her on her trips to France?
(a) A memento from the father.
(b) The younger brother.
(c) Family portraits.
(d) A ball gown.

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

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

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

5. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Note-worthy people.
(d) Young people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who demanded that the relationship between the narrator and the lover end?
(a) The lover's father.
(b) The mother.
(c) The older brother.
(d) A teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the narrator finish high school?

2. What does the mother do during a conversation between the mother and daughter where the mother finally acknowledges her daughter's behavior?

3. The narrator tells the lover that she has no desire for him to be ________.

4. How old is the lover when the relationship with the narrator begins?

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

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