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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segments 17, 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the lover end up back in Chochinchina?
(a) He missed his family and came back to see them.
(b) He was done with school and wanted to start working.
(c) His father recalled him with the threat of cutting him off.
(d) He got bored with his life and wanted to go home.

2. What did the mother always take with her on her trips to France?
(a) Family portraits.
(b) The younger brother.
(c) A memento from the father.
(d) A ball gown.

3. What contributed to the narrator's ravaged face?
(a) An car accident.
(b) Drinking heavily.
(c) Smoking heavily.
(d) A fight with the older brother.

4. The lover fears that the narrator only wants his _______.
(a) Money.
(b) Car.
(c) Love.
(d) Brother.

5. What helps to awaken the narrator's sexuality?
(a) Her schooling.
(b) Her new clothing.
(c) The mother.
(d) A play she sees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who travels between France and Chochinchina about every year or so?

2. How does the narrator obtain her make-up?

3. Who never had their own dresses?

4. Who does the narrator believe never knew the pleasure of sex?

5. What does the narrator realize about the lover even upon the first meeting?

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