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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Verrall's face is described as _____________________.
(a) intelligent and amused.
(b) hard, fearless, and brutal.
(c) bored and unintelligent.
(d) soft, feminine, and curious.

2. Elizabeth's behavior at the headman's house could be described as ______________________.
(a) hostile and forbidding
(b) timid and conciliatory
(c) aloof and superior
(d) warm and inviting

3. How does Elizabeth feel when she kills a bird?
(a) Angry at herself
(b) Dizzy with her own power over the men
(c) Overcome by happiness
(d) Guilty

4. Who are Francis and Samuel?
(a) Two Eurasian men Flory has befriended.
(b) Flory's servants.
(c) Elizabeth's uncles.
(d) Two English men from the Club.

5. When Lackersteen returns from camp he _________________________.
(a) refuses to appear at the club.
(b) continues drinking and carousing with local women.
(c) attempts to seduce Ma Hla May.
(d) attempts to rape Elizabeth.

6. What does Verrall do during the funeral?
(a) He leaves town on the train to Mandalay.
(b) He searches out Maxwell's murderer.
(c) He rides his horse on the maidan opposite the cemetary.
(d) He proposes to Elizabeth.

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

8. Flory and Elizabeth's journey through the jungle is described as ______________________.
(a) a journey into their hearts.
(b) a relief from the heat of the day.
(c) an oppressive struggle.
(d) a wonderland of beauty.

9. At the end of the chapter, Flory begins to believe ______________________________.
(a) Elizabeth may forgive him shortly.
(b) Ma Hla May's behavior is influenced by someone else.
(c) Ma Hla May has begun to lose her mind.
(d) Elizabeth will marry Ellis or Westfield.

10. How does Flory feel next to Verrall?
(a) Old and shabby
(b) Poor and ignorant
(c) Young and vibrant
(d) Wise and experienced

11. Flory and Elizabeth have an intimate moment _____________________________.
(a) right before Flory kills the tiger.
(b) right after she misses her first shot.
(c) right after they leave the headman's house.
(d) right after she kills a jungle cock.

12. What does Flory's conviction to stand by Veraswami cause him to feel?
(a) Fear and resentment
(b) Panic
(c) Courage and exhilaration
(d) Guilt and self-loathing

13. The earthquake inspires what kind of feeling in the members of the Club after it is over?
(a) Bravado
(b) Terror
(c) Exuberance
(d) Timidity

14. Elizabeth now believes she can describe Flory with her deadliest word: ________________.
(a) middle class.
(b) highbrow.
(c) socialist.
(d) fascist.

15. Why do the Burmese riot outside the Club?
(a) Ellis has attacked a group of local boys and the Burmese want revenge.
(b) Ellis has murdered a local boy, and the Burmese want revenge.
(c) Ellis has murdered Maxwell, and the Burmese want justice.
(d) Ellis has published an unflattering article of the Burmese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Verrall's attitude toward women suggests __________________________.

2. What does Mrs. Lackersteen plan to do at the end of Chapter 23?

3. Although Verrall often offends people, ____________________________.

4. How do the men respond when Flory proposes Veraswami as a member of the Club?

5. What does Elizabeth do when Flory calls out to her?

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