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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. 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) Teacher.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Writer.

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

3. What type of clothes does the lover wear?
(a) European.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) American.

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

5. Who appeared in the premonition that the mother had before the father's death?
(a) The narrator's grandmother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of stores does the narrator often visit?

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

3. What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's?

4. In segments 5 and 6, as well as other parts of the novel, which characteristics best describe narrator?

5. As French colonists in a predominantly non-Caucasian nation, what does the family enjoy despite their relative poverty?

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