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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flory visits Veraswami in order to _______________________________.
(a) inform him they are no longer friends.
(b) apologize for neglecting to introduce him to Elizabeth.
(c) apologize for signing the notice against him.
(d) accuse him of the crimes mentioned in U Po Kyin's letters.

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

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

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

5. What causes Mrs. Lackersteen to lecture Elizabeth on being "cheap?"
(a) Verrall has mentioned he plans to marry Elizabeth only if her family is wealthy.,
(b) Verrall has refused to give Elizabeth money when she has asked for it.
(c) Verrall has given Elizabeth money on many occasions.
(d) Verrall has made no motions to marry Elizabeth even though they have had an affair.

6. As Elizabeth and Verrall dance outside, the moon is described as _________________________.
(a) an envious goddess.
(b) a sick woman creeping out of bed.
(c) a silver orb.
(d) a Japanese lantern.

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

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

9. Killing the leopard has created what feeling between Flory and Elizabeth?
(a) Fear
(b) Disgust
(c) Pity
(d) Intimacy

10. What does Mrs. Lackersteen plan to do at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) Invite Macgregor to dinner in order to court Elizabeth
(b) Invite Verrall to dinner in order to question him about marriage
(c) Invite Flory to dinner in order to let him down gently
(d) Invite Flory to dinner in order to court Elizabeth again

11. Elizabeth understands that Flory ________________________.
(a) wants her to return with him to England.
(b) has a Burmese wife.
(c) does not find her attractive.
(d) wants her to admire the Burmese.

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

13. Who commits the murder?
(a) U Po Kyin commits the murder as revenge.
(b) The relatives of Ma Hla May commit the murder.
(c) Maxwell commits the murder.
(d) The relatives of the man Maxwell shot commit the murder.

14. How does Elizabeth thwarts Lackersteen's attempts at rape?
(a) Threatening to tell Mrs. Lackersteen
(b) Threatening to tell the police
(c) Threatening to leave at once
(d) Threatening to marray Flory

15. What ruins Flory's plan to deliver the leopard skin to Elizabeth?
(a) Elizabeth refuses to see Flory when he arrives.
(b) The prisoners ruin it when they try to cure it.
(c) Elizabeth rejects the offer of the gift outright.
(d) The prisoners sell it and replace it with a fake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Flory feel next to Verrall?

2. How does Elizabeth feel when she kills a bird?

3. Whose arrival alarms Mrs. Lackersteen and Elizabeth?

4. What does the Chinese child do that upsets Elizabeth?

5. What causes Verrall to speak to Elizabeth and Mrs. Lackersteen?

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