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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What racial groups does Minke compare in Chapter 6?
(a) Americans and Indies.
(b) Europeans and Middle Easterns.
(c) Asians and Americans.
(d) Whites and natives.

2. What are some forms of progress Minke sees on the island?
(a) Fire.
(b) Televisions.
(c) Trains and photos.
(d) Laptops.

3. Why does Minke agree to go with Robert Suurhof in Chapter 2?
(a) Robert Suurhof owes him money.
(b) He does not believe him.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) He is forced to go.

4. What is this story about?
(a) Folktales.
(b) First love.
(c) Understanding roots.
(d) War.

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Minke at odds with his school?
(a) He cheated.
(b) He is a native.
(c) He is failing.
(d) He broke a window.

10. What does Jean Marais tell Minke about love?
(a) It should be avoided.
(b) It is dangerous.
(c) It always ends happily.
(d) It stinks.

11. What does Minke state the actual events are now combined with?
(a) Lies.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Hate.
(d) Truth.

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

13. How does Nyai describe her father in Chapter 5?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Angry.

14. Who comes into the room while Minke and Jean Marais speak in Chapter 3?
(a) Minke's sister.
(b) Minke's mother.
(c) Jean Marais' daughter.
(d) Jean Marais' son.

15. Who does Nyai invite to become Annelies' little sister?
(a) Nyai.
(b) June.
(c) The maid.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Minke?

2. Where does Annelies find the three unread letters?

3. Where do Annelies and Minke sit and talk in Chapter 4?

4. Why did Nyai not admit Herman to mental institute?

5. Where did Jean Marais live before the island?

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