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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 7, 8, 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator has ____ older sibling(s).
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. 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?
(a) Put spells on them.
(b) Retained their beauty.
(c) Grow younger.
(d) Locked their husbands up at home.

3. At what age does the narrator leave Chochinchina for Paris?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Eighteen.

4. What nationality is the lover?
(a) Chinese.
(b) French.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) English.

5. How does the family's servant seem to function in the family?
(a) Like a second-class family member.
(b) As paid staff.
(c) As a second mother for the narrator.
(d) Like an indentured servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks about the narrator's family's property investments?

2. What style of man's hat does the narrator wear?

3. Chochinchina is today known as what country?

4. What subject is the narrator less successful in?

5. Where had the father been appointed to a new job before his death?

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