Burmese Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Burmese Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flory's clerk bring him?
(a) A letter from England
(b) An anonymous letter warning him about Veraswami
(c) An anonymous letter telling him to avoid Ma Hla May
(d) A letter from Macgregor

2. More than anything, Flory wishes for _________________________.
(a) someone to force him to stand up for himself.
(b) someone to fight Ellis.
(c) someone who will overlook his birthmark.
(d) someone with whom he can share his life.

3. Who objects most strongly to Macgregor's notice about admitting non-whites to the Club?
(a) Mr. Ellis
(b) Mr. Chesterton
(c) Mr. Flory
(d) Mr. Lackersteen

4. After the argument, the men occupy their time by ______________________.
(a) arguing about sports
(b) discussing the European women in town
(c) trading jokes
(d) reading up on world events

5. Where and when does the story take place?
(a) In England, April of 1925
(b) In Burma, April of 1925
(c) In England, April of 1825
(d) In Burma, April of 1825

6. Why do the servants threaten to leave if Flory marries a European woman?
(a) They feel Flory would be disrespecting Ma Hla May.
(b) They feel a European woman would be cheap and controlling.
(c) They feel a European woman would replace them with European servants.
(d) They feel Flory would be unhappy.

7. How does Orwell describe the ugly periods in Flory's past?
(a) Formative periods
(b) Unfortunate episodes
(c) Moral failings
(d) Dark spells

8. Flory and Ko S'la attend to Flo because _________________________.
(a) she is tired from the walk in the forest.
(b) she is wet from swimming in the river.
(c) she picks up numerous ticks during the day.
(d) she is sick from eating table scraps.

9. To what do the doctor and Flory compare the British Empire?
(a) A pack of dogs
(b) A sick patient
(c) A patient who will not pay his bill
(d) A pox on humanity

10. Ma Hla May complains because _____________________________.
(a) Flory has sent her back to her parents.
(b) Flory lets Ko S'la treat her rudely.
(c) Flory no longer buys her presents.
(d) Flory has demanded she has no other lovers.

11. Ellis confronts Macgregor because _______________________.
(a) he is unhappy with the service at the Club.
(b) he wants Flory denounced publicly.
(c) he wants Macgregor to apologize for his notice.
(d) he does not want non-whites admitted to the Club.

12. What keeps U Po Kyin from being exposed by those who complain against him?
(a) He has too many powerful friends from the Club.
(b) He has too many supporters and he pays them well.
(c) He has not broken any laws at all.
(d) He has not broken any laws that the English care about.

13. What does Mrs. Lackersteen imply to Elizabeth?
(a) That Elizabeth should quickly find a husband in Burma.
(b) That Elizabeth should return to England and find work.
(c) That Elizabeth should get an education.
(d) That Elizabeth should not marry until she falls in love.

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

15. Ba Sein brings a copy of __________________.
(a) The Rangoon Gazette.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Burmese Patriot.
(d) The London Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ko S'la disapproves of Ma Hla May because _____________________________.

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

3. What does Lackersteen almost reveal about Ma Hla May?

4. Flory is more aware of his birthmark when ___________________________.

5. In the feud between U Po Kyin and Veraswami, most townspeople _____________________.

(see the answer keys)

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