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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes into the room while Minke and Jean Marais speak in Chapter 3?
(a) Minke's mother.
(b) Jean Marais' son.
(c) Minke's sister.
(d) Jean Marais' daughter.

2. Whose story does Minke tell at dinner in Chapter 4?
(a) Jean and May Marais.
(b) His father's story.
(c) His own story.
(d) Robert's story.

3. How old is Minke?
(a) 24.
(b) At the brink of manhood.
(c) An old man.
(d) 6.

4. In Chapter 2, what does Robert Suurhof offer to show Minke?
(a) Legal papers.
(b) A beautiful girl.
(c) A dead animal.
(d) A fishing boat.

5. What does Minke feel is necessary to reveal to the reader?
(a) How he imagined the characters.
(b) His address.
(c) How he wrote the book.
(d) His parents income.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minke say he would rather do than read the letters?

2. What does Annelies ask about the letters in Chapter 4?

3. What is wrong with the girl Minke likes?

4. Why is Minke at odds with his school?

5. What does Minke ask Nyai about at the end of Chapter 4?

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