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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. Who escaped the law of error?
2. After the father's death, the mother is in control of the family's finances. She consequently mismanages the money, leaving the family poor. What did the mother buy that resulted in the loss of the family's wealth?
3. Who drives a Citroën B12?
4. Where does most of the mother's income go?
5. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe the life of the narrator around the time she is fifteen.
2. Who was blamed for the behavior of the husbands and why?
3. What becomes of the older brother after the narrator's family moves back to France?
4. Why does the mother choose to voice her opinion to the narrator right before leaving for France?
5. Why does the narrator find the lover uncovered in front of her family?
6. 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?
7. During the height of the relationship, the narrator becomes increasingly fixed on her friend, Helene Lagonelle. What does the narrator express desire to do concerning Helene Lagonelle?
8. Would the brothers and the narrator be considered to be equals?
9. In what way does the narrator participate in the trend of the colonial potentates taking younger French mistresses?
10. What are the older brother's actions toward the younger brother and how does the mother respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look at the character of the older brother. Regardless of his bullying and wastrel ways, he is the favorite of the mother. What aspects of family life lead him to act the way that he does? How could the mother have affected his life if she had chosen to treat him differently? Is his attitude and personality connected to his later life? What happens to the older brother in the novel?
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
Describe the character of Hélène Lagonelle and the relationship between her and the narrator. How does that relationship develop and change throughout the novel? Provide examples.
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