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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flory and Ko S'la attend to Flo because _________________________.
(a) she is sick from eating table scraps.
(b) she is wet from swimming in the river.
(c) she is tired from the walk in the forest.
(d) she picks up numerous ticks during the day.

2. What does Ma Kin tell her husband about happiness?
(a) Happiness is not in money.
(b) Happiness escapes those who do evil.
(c) Happiness comes from the heart.
(d) Happiness is not in power.

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

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

5. Ellis warns Flory that ________________________________.
(a) Elizabeth is not impressed by Burma or the natives.
(b) Veraswami may be in some kind of trouble.
(c) Elizabeth has come to Burma to find a husband.
(d) U Po Kyin is out to get him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth's view of the world is mostly shaped by ____________________________.

2. Veraswami sees the English as ______________________.

3. U Po Kyin's meal is described as ______________________.

4. What does Flory realize when he is forced to return to Burma?

5. What is Flory's excuse for evading the war in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Flory and Veraswami continue to have the same argument each time they meet?

2. How is Macgregor different from the other Europeans in the Club?

3. What is the lie Flory believes the English tell themselves?

4. What is revealed about Flory's childhood in the chapter?

5. Why does Flory's sudden church attendance concern Ko S'la?

6. What attitude does U Po Kyin have about his fatness?

7. Why is Flory unafraid of U Po Kyin?

8. What does the interview in Westfield's office reveal about the native Burmese who work for the police?

9. How does Veraswami react to Flory's refusal to propose him as a member of the Club?

10. Describe the European Club.

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