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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. 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 runs to him for rescue from the natives.
(d) She faints from the heat on his doorstep.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do the Englishmen play In the evening?

2. Ma Hla May is allowed to _____________________________.

3. What excuse does Flory make to Elizabeth for Ma Hla May's presence?

4. In the feud between U Po Kyin and Veraswami, most townspeople _____________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Elizabeth's life been like in Paris?

2. Why does Flory seem to resent Macgregor?

3. Among the visitors to U Po Kyin's house, which of these does he agree to see, and why?

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

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

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

7. Why are the English men upset over the article in the Burmese Patriot?

8. Why did Flory end up in Burma?

9. What seems to be Flory's motivation for ignoring the anonymous letter about Veraswami?

10. Describe the European Club.

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