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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The family in the story consists of white citizens residing in the colony of Chochinchina. Where is the family originally from?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) England.

2. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?
(a) The mother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The yonger brother.
(d) The older brother.

3. About how many years older than the narrator is the older brother?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. Later in her life, whose photograph does the narrator see that reminds her of herself as the young woman on the ferry?
(a) A movie star of the day.
(b) Her mother as a young woman.
(c) A friend from her childhood.
(d) Her twenty-year-old son.

5. Whose wasteful lifestyle contributes to the family's poverty?
(a) The older brother.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks about the narrator's family's property investments?

2. Who watches out for the narrator?

3. What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's?

4. Which item is NOT a part of the ensemble worn by the narrator?

5. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the lover and the narrator? How does the narrator feel about it?

2. What is the social and economic status of the lover when the narrator meets him?

3. How was Dô, the family servant, treated by the family, and how did she react to this treatment?

4. What happens to the lover after the narrator leaves for France?

5. Describe the character of Hélène Lagonelle.

6. Do the narrator and the lover have contact at any point after the narrator leaves Chochinchina for France? If so, describe this contact.

7. Describe the mother's behavior toward her daughter's conduct during the height of her relationship with the lover in segments 15 and 16.

8. How does the narrator feel about the sex and the relationship at the beginning of the relationship?

9. The lover makes a comment about the narrator's method of transportation. What is it...why is it strange... and what does it indicate?

10. Who chooses to ignore the relationship? Why?

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