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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. Who finally runs for help during the riot?
(a) Verrall
(b) Macgregor
(c) Ellis
(d) Flory

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

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

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

5. What does U Po Kyin's plan finally cause Ma Kin to feel?
(a) Joy
(b) Ambition
(c) Envy
(d) Contempt

Short Answer Questions

1. Verrall's face is described as _____________________.

2. Elizabeth is most excited when she learns ____________________________.

3. Why do the Burmese riot outside the Club?

4. What does Flory do when he learns the truth about Elizabeth's affair with Verrall?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The description of the evening on which Elizabeth and Verrall dance sets what kind of tone for their relationship?

2. What do Ellis and Westfield plan to do in response to Maxwell's murder?

3. What is U Po Kyin's version of the love triangle between Flory, Elizabeth and Verrall?

4. What choice does Macgregor offer the Englishmen in regards to electing a native member of the Club?

5. What causes the change in Flory's mood after he visits Dr. Veraswami?

6. How has Ma Hla May's behavior changed?

7. Why might Elizabeth enjoy holding the gun?

8. In what position does Flory find himself at the end of Chapter 19?

9. What is the result of Ellis' confrontation with the local boys?

10. Why does Flory's birthmark discourage him from kissing Elizabeth?

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