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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 2, 3, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The yonger brother.
(c) The older brother.
(d) The mother.

2. 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?
(a) Writer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Mathematician.

3. What river does the ferry travel across that takes the narrator from her home to her school?
(a) Red River.
(b) Mekong River.
(c) Saigon River.
(d) Tonkin River.

4. The family in the story consists of white citizens residing in the colony of Chochinchina. Where is the family originally from?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

5. What does the mother suffer from throughout the narrator's life?
(a) Depression.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Rashes.
(d) Nausea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the narrator when she cut her hair for the first time?

2. At what age did the narrator start receiving sexual attention from men?

3. In which city does the family reside while living in Chochichina?

4. About how many years older than the narrator is the older brother?

5. 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?

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