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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in Chapter 11, tries to beat up Fatso?

2. What is Minke's response in Chapter 7, to his father's request.

3. What does Minke promise to Annelies in Chapter 12?

4. Who spreads rumors about Minke in Chapter 15?

5. In Chapter 13, who gives Minke's article a bad review?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the debate Minke faces between returning to Annelies' home and staying with the de la Croix family?

2. Why, in Chapter 17, is Minke expelled from school?

3. What does the bupati ask Minke to do for him in Chapter 7?

4. What happens when Robert goes to the brothel in Chapter 9 and 10?

5. Why are Nyai and Annelies afraid in Chapter 9?

6. Why is Minke able to graduate school despite his expulsion?

7. What happens in the court case at the end of Chapter 16?

8. Who spreads rumors about Minke in Chapter 15 and what are the rumors?

9. What is the Association Theory and who tells Minke about it?

10. Who is the bupati and why is Minke brought to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does colonization play in Toer's story? Choose two characters and explain their opinion of colonization and how it influences their lives.

Essay Topic 2

Define the term climax and decide where the point of climax is within the plot. Explain how the event fits the definition of climax and site examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Minke meets many interesting people in the book. These people influence his life in many ways. Choose one person or couple he meets that influence his life and explain the positive and negative aspects of that influence

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