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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segment 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the relationship between Hélène Lagonelle and the narrator end?
(a) They have a fight and stop talking.
(b) The narrator leaves for France.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle leaves school without explanation.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle marries the lover.

2. What word best describes the family?
(a) Close-knit.
(b) Dysfunctional.
(c) Loving.
(d) Functional.

3. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?
(a) She can become anything anyone wants her to be.
(b) She will never be able to love anyone.
(c) She can be the best kind of wife and mother.
(d) She will never be able to trust anyone.

4. How does the narrator describe the body of the lover?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Androgynous.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Deformed.

5. What is the momentous turning point in the life of the narrator?
(a) Her graduation from school.
(b) Her return to Paris.
(c) The meeting and affair with the lover.
(d) The death of the mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator believe never knew the pleasure of sex?

2. How does the narrator feel about her situation as a "kept woman"?

3. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?

4. Although seemingly impossible, according to society at the time, what could the wives of the colonial potentates have done to keep their husbands from straying?

5. What does the narrator equate the older brother with?

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