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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Mrs. Lackersteen to lecture Elizabeth on being "cheap?"

2. Why does Flory not recognize Elizabeth's discomfort at the bazaar?

3. Why do the members of the Club suddenly allow the butler into their conversation?

4. What do the locals carry ashore at the end of Chapter twenty-one?

5. Elizabeth understands that Flory ________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Elizabeth enjoy holding the gun?

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

3. How does Flory arrange to stay in town to be around Elizabeth?

4. What is Elizabeth's attitude toward Flory?

5. What do Elizabeth's comments about the Burmese reveal about her?

6. Why does Ellis get involved in a skirmish with the local boys?

7. What unpleasant event does Elizabeth face before going to the Club?

8. Why is Flory intimidated by Verrall?

9. What do the two riderless ponies indicate about Verrall and Elizabeth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the role of allusion in the novel. To whom or what does any character (or the narrator) allude? Why are these allusions important to characterization or development of the message? Write an essay in which you discuss the allusions in the novel, explaining their significance to the author's message or purpose.

Essay Topic 2

Tolstoy suggests the role of the artist is to communicate emotion clearly and sincerely. Write an essay in which you consider Burmese Days as a work of art, holding it up to Tolstoy's standard.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the role of female characters in Orwell's novel. Using one or more characters as support, write an essay in which you identify an attitude or message Orwell exhibits about women or femininity in the novel.

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