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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose arrival alarms Mrs. Lackersteen and Elizabeth?
(a) Flory's replacement
(b) Verrall's debt collectors
(c) Verrall's replacement
(d) Verrall's wife

2. What is U Po Kyin unable to do without help?
(a) Prepare his own food
(b) Decide court cases
(c) Rise from a chair
(d) Acquire merit

3. Flory is convinced he is ______________________.
(a) in love with Elizabeth.
(b) destined to remain a bachelor.
(c) in love with Mrs. Lackersteen.
(d) in love with Ma Hla May.

4. Why do the members of the Club suddenly allow the butler into their conversation?
(a) He has had many experiences with earthquakes, and they are interested in his stories.
(b) They are afraid of his size and demeanor.
(c) He insists on being the center of attention.
(d) He is a respectable member of Burmese society.

5. Why does Elizabeth seem more approachable to Flory that evening?
(a) She is not wearing spectacles.
(b) She wears her hair down.
(c) She is less inhibited when she is drunk.
(d) She starts to embrace Burmese culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 22, what signals a change?

2. Many of Flory's early years in Burma were spent ____________________________.

3. What do the locals carry ashore at the end of Chapter twenty-one?

4. How do most of Flory's experiences portray him?

5. Why does Flory not get to propose to Elizabeth?

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