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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Robert feel towards Minka in Chapter 6?
(a) He likes him.
(b) He hates him.
(c) They act like brothers.
(d) He thinks he is funny.

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

3. Who is Nyai Ontosoroh?
(a) A concubine.
(b) A singer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A queen.

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

5. Where does Annelies find the three unread letters?
(a) Minke's luggage.
(b) In the mailbox.
(c) Minke's jacket.
(d) Under her bed.

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

7. Who can Minke not get out of his mind in Chapter 3?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Annelies.
(c) Robert.
(d) His mother.

8. What is Nyai's real name?
(a) Sanikem.
(b) Jesslyn.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maikim.

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

10. How soon did Minke record events?
(a) He never recorded anything - he wrote from memory.
(b) A week later.
(c) When he felt like he.
(d) Soon after they happened.

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

12. What does Minke admit to Nyai in Chapter 6?
(a) He loves Annelies.
(b) He is moving.
(c) He wrote the article.
(d) He is going to war.

13. What date is Minke's birthday?
(a) October 6th.
(b) March 31st.
(c) August 31st.
(d) May 10th.

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

15. What does Annelies tell Minke about her father?
(a) He never graduated high school.
(b) He killed his wife.
(c) He did something bad.
(d) He lost their money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 1 provide the readers?

2. Where is Minke's birth place located?

3. Who does Nyai believe is an excellent example of a tragic figure?

4. Why does Robert Mellema think about turning his guests away?

5. Whose story does Minke tell at dinner in Chapter 4?

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