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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Queen Welhelmina reign?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) Holland.

3. What does Minke decline to tell the reader?
(a) His age.
(b) His true identity.
(c) His location.
(d) His mother's name.

4. Who tells Minke the story of how Nyai became a nyai?
(a) Jean.
(b) May.
(c) Annelies.
(d) Robert.

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

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

7. Where, in Chapter 3, do Minke and May go together?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The beach.
(c) The movies.
(d) The park.

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

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

10. In what year of school did Annelies' father change?
(a) High school.
(b) Pre-school.
(c) Primary school.
(d) Middle school.

11. How does Annelies help Minke settle in Chapter 4?
(a) She kisses him.
(b) She accepts his gift.
(c) She unpacks for him.
(d) She gives him a drink.

12. What type of girl does Robert Suurhof want to find?
(a) American.
(b) European.
(c) Australian.
(d) Asian.

13. How accurate does the narrator suggest his story is?
(a) Very accurate.
(b) He never mentions accuracy.
(c) Not accurate at all.
(d) It might be inaccurate.

14. Who is Mr. Mellema?
(a) A wealthy businessman.
(b) A poor beggar.
(c) A cop.
(d) A teacher

15. Why was Nyai kept in the house at age 13?
(a) She was ugly.
(b) She had to work.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) She lied to her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minke's school teach him?

2. What does the word nyai mean?

3. What does Annelies tell Minke about her father?

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

5. What does Jean Marais tell Minke about love?

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