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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 does Annelies tell Minke about her father?
(a) He never graduated high school.
(b) He lost their money.
(c) He killed his wife.
(d) He did something bad.

2. Who does the person in the article in Chapter 6 resemble?
(a) Robert.
(b) Fatso.
(c) Jean.
(d) Nyai.

3. What does Minke feel is necessary to reveal to the reader?
(a) His address.
(b) How he imagined the characters.
(c) His parents income.
(d) How he wrote the book.

4. What does Jean Marais do?
(a) Paint.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Act.

5. What is the significance of what Minke brings to Annelies' home in Chapter 4?
(a) He plans to stay.
(b) He wants her to be a friend.
(c) He knows she loves animals.
(d) Her family is starving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minke decline to tell the reader?

2. What type of girl does Robert Suurhof want to find?

3. What does Nyai think of Minke's confession to her?

4. Where does Queen Welhelmina reign?

5. What are some forms of progress Minke sees on the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Minke's education.

2. What is the significance of Jean Marais being a private first class in the army?

3. Who says "I don't yet really need to reveal who I am before the eyes of others" and what does it mean?

4. What dreams does Minke reveal he has for his future in Chapter 4?

5. What is Mr. Mellema's household like?

6. What does Nyai reveal about her life in Chapter 5?

7. What does Annelies find in Minke's luggage and what does Minke tell her about the items?

8. What advice does Jean Marais give to Minke about Annelies in Chapter 3?

9. What tensions exist between natives and European blood according to Chapter 2?

10. What does the conversation with Nyai in Chapter 6 reveal about Minke's education?

(see the answer keys)

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