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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 5, 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the mother?
(a) Dô.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Helene.
(d) She is unnamed.

2. The narrator remembers a photograph of her mother in segment 4. When was the photograph taken?
(a) A decade after the ferry ride.
(b) After the younger brother's death.
(c) A decade before the ferry ride.
(d) Right before the mother's death.

3. Who in the novel is especially terrorized and lives their life in a shadow of fear?
(a) Dô.
(b) The younger brother.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

4. 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?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Property.
(d) Clothes.

5. In the beginning of the story, the narrator appears old and "ravaged." During what age period is it noted that her most rapid aging took place?
(a) 30 to 40.
(b) 25 to 30.
(c) 15 to 19.
(d) 18 to 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ride on to board the ferry?

2. What subject is the narrator less successful in?

3. How does the family's servant seem to function in the family?

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

5. How does the narrator wear dresses?

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