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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator view Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) As an unfortunate foreigner.
(b) As a long lost sister.
(c) As the embodiment of beauty.
(d) As a jealous rival.

2. As French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?
(a) Fine jewelry.
(b) Socio-economic power.
(c) A chaffeured car.
(d) Beautiful clothes.

3. Where did the family go after the father's death?
(a) They went to China.
(b) They went to America.
(c) They remained in Chochinchina.
(d) They returned to Paris.

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

5. During the scene on the ferry, why does the narrator go to stand by the railing?
(a) She wants to see the water.
(b) She is waiting for someone.
(c) She is seasick.
(d) She is bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chochinchina is today known as what country?

2. What subject does the narrator excel in?

3. Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel?

4. Later in her life, whose photograph does the narrator see that reminds her of herself as the young woman on the ferry?

5. What happens to the wives of the colonial potentates as they age in the colony?

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