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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event is happening at the time in which the younger brother dies?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Russian Revolution.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) World War I.

3. Where do the narrator and the lover first engage in sexual intercourse?
(a) Her home.
(b) His home.
(c) Her school.
(d) The ferry.

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

5. What does the mother do during a conversation between the mother and daughter where the mother finally acknowledges her daughter's behavior?
(a) She strikes the daughter.
(b) She throws the daughter out of the house.
(c) She commends the daughter's behavior.
(d) She falls asleep.

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

7. Which word best describes the older brother?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Harmless.
(c) Shy.
(d) Mean-spirited.

8. Who actively supports the older brother's behavior?
(a) The mother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The younger brother.
(d) The lover.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe sex as being related to?

2. What does Hélène Lagonelle talk often of during her conversations with the narrator?

3. How many husbands has the mother had?

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

5. In segment 13, who learns of the relationship and begins to attack it?

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