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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. Chochinchina is today known as what country?
(a) North Vietnam.
(b) South Vietnam.
(c) China.
(d) Indonesia.

2. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Bien Hoa.
(c) Can Thoa.
(d) Sadec.

3. What contributed to the narrator's ravaged face?
(a) An car accident.
(b) Drinking heavily.
(c) A fight with the older brother.
(d) Smoking heavily.

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

5. In segments 5 and 6, as well as other parts of the novel, which characteristics best describe narrator?
(a) Old and foolish.
(b) Ugly and brutish.
(c) Stupid and dependent.
(d) Smart and independent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator obtain her make-up?

2. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?

3. Why does the older brother leave the colony to return to France?

4. In the novel, who does the mother favor?

5. The lover comments that it is rare to see a white girl ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the older brother's actions toward the younger brother and how does the mother respond?

2. How was the narrator able to understand colonial life at such an early age?

3. Since the family's wealth is tied up in the land investments, how does the mother provide income for the family? How does the income benefit the family?

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

5. Why does the mother choose to voice her opinion to the narrator right before leaving for France?

6. Who is the Lady from Savana Khet and why is her story put in segment 15?

7. How does the narrator feel after she receives news of the younger brother's death?

8. How does the lover feel about the narrator at the end of the relationship?

9. How does the moment on the ferry where the narrator meets the lover become a turning point in the life of the narrator and her family?

10. What structural functions does the opening segment of the novel perform?

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