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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who never had their own dresses?
(a) The wives of the government officials.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Hélène Lagonelle.
(d) The mother.

2. What type of courses does is the younger brother enrolled in?
(a) Math courses.
(b) Science courses.
(c) Real Estate courses.
(d) Bookkeeping courses.

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

4. Which best describes the narrator's use of make-up?
(a) She doesn't wear make-up.
(b) She wears only lipstick.
(c) She wears heavy make-up.
(d) She wears light make-up.

5. What is the name of the narrator's friend?
(a) Hélène Lancaster.
(b) Hélène Lagonelle.
(c) Harriet Lancaster.
(d) Harriet Lagonelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.

2. What subject does the narrator excel in?

3. Who in the novel is both physically and mentally abusive?

4. Who dies prior to the novel's narration?

5. What does the mother suffer from throughout the narrator's life?

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