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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After they return to France, who lives with the mother?
2. At what age does the narrator leave Chochinchina for Paris?
3. How does the narrator think the younger brother died?
4. Who appeared in the premonition that the mother had before the father's death?
5. In the novel, the mother is very concerned with the studies of her children and even attempts to plan the narrator's future. What does the mother decide that she wants the narrator to be?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what would happen to the wives of the colonial potentates and the law of error.
2. What metaphor is used in sync with the narrator's perfect moment in time, when she is on the ferry where she will meet the lover?
3. How does the narrator feel after she receives news of the younger brother's death?
4. Why does the narrator find the lover uncovered in front of her family?
5. In segment 14, according to the narrator, what evolved over a period of about seven years?
6. Would the brothers and the narrator be considered to be equals?
7. Why is the ferry crossing right before the narrator meets the lover considered her perfect moment in time?
8. Who is the Lady from Savana Khet and why is her story put in segment 15?
9. Who was blamed for the behavior of the husbands and why?
10. In segment 13, what happens between the narrator and the lover that results in the narrator being turned off by the lover for the first time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The relationship between the mother and the daughter, the narrator, in the novel is very interesting, though highly dysfunctional. Describe this relationship. How does the nature of the relationship affect the personality or character traits of the narrator? How does the relationship between mother and daughter affect the narrator's early and later life? Why is it difficult for the narrator to remember her mother later in life?
Essay Topic 2
The author chooses to write her novel in a form of narrative style that shifts back and forth in time. What are the effects of this kind of writing? How does this narrative style aid the reader in the comprehension of the novel? Is this type of narrative style ineffective for writing a novel dealing with such a lengthy period of time?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the early life of the narrator with the later life of the narrator. How does the narrator change? How do her circumstances and family life change? Are there any characteristics of the narrator that remain unchanged from her early life into her later life? What aspects of the narrator's personality does she carry with her throughout life?
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