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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert Suurhof tell Minke about beauty?
(a) Beauty is overrated.
(b) Beauty is mixed blood.
(c) Beauty is not personality.
(d) Beauty is European.

2. Why is Minke confused about concubines?
(a) Why they live on the island.
(b) Why they are low class.
(c) How they can have children.
(d) Why they go to church.

3. Where did Jean Marais live before the island?
(a) New York.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Paris.

4. How long after the actual events did Minke write the book?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 months.

5. Why did Annelies not return to school for a period of time?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her father's actions.
(c) They moved to the islands.
(d) Her bad grades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date is Minke's birthday?

2. What type of school does Minke attend?

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

4. How does Nyai describe her father in Chapter 5?

5. Where does Robert Suurhof come to visit Minke in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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