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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the setting is repeatedly mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) The wind and cold
(b) The monsoon season
(c) The oppressive heat
(d) The muddy roads

2. Who is Flo?
(a) Flory's assistant
(b) Flory's maid
(c) Flory's wife
(d) Flory's cocker spaniel

3. Flory does not want to shave because _____________________________.
(a) he is too hot to do anything physical.
(b) he is afraid of germs in the water.
(c) he does not want to look in the mirror until he has had a few drinks.
(d) he wants a beard to grow in and hide his birthmark.

4. What does U Po Kyin believe will bring him merit at the end of the chapter?
(a) Giving a basket of mangoes to the priests
(b) Honoring his wife.
(c) Dishonoring Dr. Veraswami
(d) Taking in a local pregnant girl

5. Who accompanies Elizabeth to her uncle's house?
(a) Flory himself
(b) Flory's mistress, Ma Hla May
(c) Dr. Veraswami
(d) Flory's servant, Ko S'la

Short Answer Questions

1. Flory reveals what attitude toward Macgregor?

2. Flory's greatest misery is ______________________.

3. U Po Kyin's meal is described as ______________________.

4. After the argument, the men occupy their time by ______________________.

5. Orwell claims that the notion of men at the 'outposts of Empire' as able and hardworking is ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Flory unafraid of U Po Kyin?

2. Why does Flory choose to remain in Burma?

3. Describe U Po Kyin's servant Ba Taik.

4. What seems to be Flory's motivation for ignoring the anonymous letter about Veraswami?

5. Why does Flory get rid of Ma Hla May?

6. What is revealed about Flory's childhood in the chapter?

7. Why do Flory and Veraswami continue to have the same argument each time they meet?

8. Why does Flory remain silent while Ellis insults his friend?

9. What does the interview in Westfield's office reveal about the native Burmese who work for the police?

10. What is the lie Flory believes the English tell themselves?

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