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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 Annelies ask about the letters in Chapter 4?
(a) If he has a girlfriend.
(b) Why Minke hasn't read them.
(c) Why someone would send mail to Minke.
(d) How someone knew her address.

2. Where does Minke go to school?
(a) He is home-schooled.
(b) One of the worst schools in the Indies.
(c) A university in England.
(d) One of the best schools in the Indies.

3. How did Minke write his story?
(a) From notes he took.
(b) On a computer.
(c) On parchment.
(d) Through email.

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

5. Why does Minke's friend in Chapter 3 tell him he is capable of making wise choices?
(a) He is a native.
(b) He is European.
(c) He is 32.
(d) He is educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Jean Marais' wife?

2. What does the word nyai mean?

3. What does Nyai request in the letter she sends to Minke?

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

5. What does Annelies tell Minke about her father?

(see the answer key)

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