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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Westfield feel about pursuing petty criminals?
(a) He loathes it but does not resist the duty.
(b) He refuses to pursue anyone who is not a serious criminal.
(c) He detests it but his racism causes him to feel they are all guilty.
(d) He feels superior to the criminals and revels in his duty.

2. The village girl that visits that morning claims ____________________________.
(a) that she does not have enough bribe money.
(b) that she has a newspaper article U Po Kyin will want to see.
(c) that she is U Po Kyin's daughter.
(d) that U Po Kyin is the father of her child.

3. How is Flory received at Dr. Veraswami's house?
(a) Flory is resented but tolerated.
(b) Flory is treated as an intruder in Veraswami's personal life.
(c) Flory is welcomed and respected by Veraswami.
(d) Flory is welcomed, but only because he is beneficial to Veraswami's goals.

4. Flory does not want to shave because _____________________________.
(a) he wants a beard to grow in and hide his birthmark.
(b) he does not want to look in the mirror until he has had a few drinks.
(c) he is afraid of germs in the water.
(d) he is too hot to do anything physical.

5. Whose arrival confirms Veraswami's views about the Burmese?
(a) Ellis
(b) Flo
(c) U Po Kyin, the magistrate
(d) Old Mattu, the beggar

6. Who wrote the article against Mr. Macgregor?
(a) Ba Taik, the servant.
(b) Ba Sein, the head clerk of the Deputy Commissioner's Office
(c) Hla Pe, the apprentice clerk
(d) Dr. Veraswami, the local Indian doctor

7. Fighting for the English was U Po Kyin's dream so that he could ______________.
(a) prove his worth to the white men.
(b) defend the queen.
(c) defeat the weak among his own people.
(d) be a parasite upon them

8. Flory reveals what attitude toward Macgregor?
(a) He acts respectfully toward Macgregor because he looks up to him.
(b) He acts as though Macgregor does not exist.
(c) He acts contemptuously toward Macgregor.
(d) He acts respectfully toward Macgregor but feels contempt for him.

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

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

11. Although he takes no action, what does Flory know would be the decent thing to do about the letter?
(a) To give it to Ellis
(b) To bring it to Macgregor's attention
(c) To give it to Dr. Veraswami
(d) To ignore it

12. What does Flory realize when he is forced to return to Burma?
(a) He hates Burma.
(b) He will not see his Father again before he dies.
(c) He could not function without his servants.
(d) He is now more at home in Burma than in England.

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

14. Who is the Subdivisional Magistrate of Kyauktada?
(a) U Po Kyin
(b) Ma Kin
(c) Ko Ba Sein
(d) Ba Taik

15. Flory landed in Burma because ________________________________.
(a) his parents bought him a position at a firm.
(b) his parents brought him over on vacation.
(c) his parents believed he could not survive in England.
(d) his parents demanded he get a job or leave the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Elizabeth upset about the pew?

3. How does Flory start his day?

4. Macgregor is most offended by ____________________.

5. Flory and Ko S'la attend to Flo because _________________________.

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