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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert Suurhof tell Minke about beauty?
(a) Beauty is not personality.
(b) Beauty is European.
(c) Beauty is overrated.
(d) Beauty is mixed blood.

2. What do Minke and May do together in Chapter 3?
(a) Jog.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Study together.

3. What does Minke boast about at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) His wife.
(b) His car.
(c) His education.
(d) His money.

4. Why did Annelies not return to school for a period of time?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) They moved to the islands.
(c) Her father's actions.
(d) Her bad grades.

5. What does Nyai want for Annelies?
(a) An arranged marriage.
(b) To move to America.
(c) To marry whomever she wants.
(d) All the wealth in the land.

6. Where does Queen Welhelmina reign?
(a) America.
(b) Holland.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

7. What type of book might this story be classified as?
(a) Non-Fiction.
(b) Historical Fiction.
(c) Science Fiction.
(d) Horror.

8. Who provided Nyai with her education?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Hardvard.
(d) Herman Mellema,

9. Why is Minke at odds with his school?
(a) He broke a window.
(b) He is a native.
(c) He cheated.
(d) He is failing.

10. What does Minke compare his knowledge of Japan to in Chapter 6?
(a) America.
(b) Holland.
(c) China.
(d) The Indies.

11. What issue does this book explore?
(a) WWII.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) The Great Depression.

12. Who is Robert Suurhof?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A classmate.
(d) Minke's father.

13. What does Annelies ask about the letters in Chapter 4?
(a) Why someone would send mail to Minke.
(b) If he has a girlfriend.
(c) How someone knew her address.
(d) Why Minke hasn't read them.

14. Why was Nyai kept in the house at age 13?
(a) She lied to her parents.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) She had to work.
(d) She was ugly.

15. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) Sheffield.
(b) Ailee.
(c) The author.
(d) Minke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minke dream about doing with his stories?

2. Where is Minke's birth place located?

3. Who does Nyai invite to become Annelies' little sister?

4. Who is Nyai Ontosoroh?

5. How did Minke write his story?

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