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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who walks home with the Lackersteens at the end of the evening?
(a) Macgregor
(b) Ellis
(c) Flory
(d) Westfield

3. What does Veraswami do when Flory denounces the English?
(a) Veraswami warns him that he is becoming a traitor.
(b) Veraswami pretends he does not hear Flory's comments.
(c) Veraswami defends and praises the English.
(d) Veraswami feels free to denounce them, too.

4. Ko S'la is __________________.
(a) Flory's cook.
(b) Flory's servant.
(c) Flory's mistress.
(d) Flory's best friend.

5. How does Flory discover Lackersteen's niece, Elizabeth?
(a) She screams when she is frightened by Ko S'la.
(b) She screams when she is frightened by a water buffalo.
(c) She faints from the heat on his doorstep.
(d) She runs to him for rescue from the natives.

6. What does Ma Kin encourage her husband to do?
(a) Acquire more merit
(b) Make more money
(c) Buy more merit.
(d) Destroy his enemies

7. What keeps Flory from falling asleep?
(a) A dog attacked Flo outside his house.
(b) A dog continues to yelp outside his house.
(c) Birds are calling in the trees outside his house.
(d) Ma Hla May will not leave him alone.

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

9. Elizabeth's view of the world is mostly shaped by ____________________________.
(a) two terms she spent at an expensive boarding school.
(b) her time as an artist in Paris.
(c) her father's time in the military.
(d) her family's immense fortunes.

10. What nickname is Ellis given to Dr. Veraswami?
(a) The savage doctor
(b) Very savvy
(c) That Indian
(d) Very slimy

11. What gives Flory brief comfort at the end of the chapter?
(a) A dip in the pond
(b) A cool breeze
(c) A walk in the woods
(d) A burst of sunshine

12. Flory's greatest misery is ______________________.
(a) being European among Burmese.
(b) feeling racist.
(c) being alone.
(d) never experiencing beauty.

13. What distinguishes Kyauktada from other Burmese towns?
(a) It has a social club.
(b) It is bigger than other towns.
(c) It is hotter than other towns.
(d) It has a railway terminus.

14. Flory feels Elizabeth may be a kindred spirit because ____________________________.
(a) she claims to want to settle down in Burma.
(b) she reveals that she is lonely.
(c) she comments on the beauty of the natives.
(d) she claims to love reading, as he does.

15. Veraswami is slightly disappointed when _________________________________.
(a) Flory refuses to help him fight U Po Kyin.
(b) Flory does not promise to propose him as a club member.
(c) Flory refuses to give money to Old Mattu.
(d) Flory leaves without saying hello to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lackersteen does not want to see his wife because __________________________.

2. Why is Elizabeth upset about the pew?

3. What does Ma Kin tell her husband about happiness?

4. U Po Kyin keeps up his reputation as an impartial magistrate by _______________________________.

5. Mrs. Lackersteen complains about the quality of ______________.

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