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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes the older brother?

2. What two new characters do we meet in segment 14?

3. What does Hélène Lagonelle talk often of during her conversations with the narrator?

4. Why can't the narrator turn to her family for support in her isolation?

5. The mother's actions towards the girl's situation include all of the following except:

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Hélène Lagonelle and the relationship between her and the narrator. How does that relationship develop and change throughout the novel? Provide examples.

Essay Topic 2

Child prostitution is an undertone throughout the novel. Explain what exchanges are being made and why the relationship would be considered child prostitution. Who benefits from this situation? Who loses?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between the lover and the narrator lasted for a year and a half. Identify the course of the relationship and the key events that shifted the course. What is the beginning of the relationship? What is the highpoint of the relationship? When does the relationship take a downturn? How does the relationship end?

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