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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Jean Marais come to the island?
(a) He ran out of money.
(b) His wife wanted a change of scenery.
(c) He loved beaches.
(d) He was exiled.

3. What does Minke boast about at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) His money.
(b) His car.
(c) His education.
(d) His wife.

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

5. What does Nyai think of Minke's confession to her?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She is embarrassed.
(c) She cries.
(d) She is proud of him.

6. In Chapter 4, what does Minke bring to Annelies' house?
(a) Luggage.
(b) A cat.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Food.

7. What does Minke dream about doing with his stories?
(a) Making a play.
(b) Making them into a TV show.
(c) Turning them into a hit CD.
(d) Publishing them.

8. Who is Robert Suurhof?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A classmate.
(d) Minke's father.

9. Where does Minke go at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) War.
(b) The barber.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

10. What does Minke's school teach him?
(a) How to take notes.
(b) To fight.
(c) To play Lacrosse.
(d) How to speak Latin.

11. Who does Nyai think Minke should write about?
(a) Annelies.
(b) Jean.
(c) Robert.
(d) Harold.

12. How does Minke expect Nyai to react to his confession?
(a) Pride.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

13. Why did Nyai's father sell her to work as a concubine?
(a) For lots of money.
(b) He didn't like her.
(c) Her mother was jealous of her.
(d) So he could get a job.

14. What does Nyai request in the letter she sends to Minke?
(a) That he never return.
(b) That he visit.
(c) That he attend church with them.
(d) That he return to school.

15. Where does Robert Suurhof come to visit Minke in Chapter 2?
(a) Minke's home.
(b) Minke's grandmother's hut.
(c) The beach.
(d) Church,

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, in Chapter 3, do Minke and May go together?

2. What racial groups does Minke compare in Chapter 6?

3. How does Annelies help Minke settle in Chapter 4?

4. What type of school does Minke attend?

5. Who is Mr. Mellema?

(see the answer keys)

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