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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. Where did the narrator find her hat?
2. What subject is the narrator less successful in?
3. Where does most of the mother's income go?
4. Who drives a Citroën B12?
5. What type of automobile does the lover ride in?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What happens to the family's wealth after the father's death?
3. How does the mother feel about the education of her children? How do they act in return?
4. What happens to the lover after the narrator leaves for France?
5. Why does the narrator believe that she is able to become anything anyone wants her to be? What does this mean?
6. Describe what would happen to the wives of the colonial potentates and the law of error.
7. What becomes of the older brother after the narrator's family moves back to France?
8. Would the brothers and the narrator be considered to be equals?
9. Describe how the mother knew the father was going to die before receiving news of his death.
10. Explain why the relationship would not have lasted even if the narrator would have remained in Chochinchina.
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
Identify the members of the family and describe their role in family life. What dynamic does each character bring to impact the family as a whole?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the positive and negative factors in the relationship between the narrator and the lover. How are the lives of the narrator and the lover impacted by their relationship? What are the societal implications of their relationship in the time it took place? Also, discuss the implications of a similar relationship in present day.
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