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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who killed Jean Marais' wife?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her husband.

2. What does Minke compare his knowledge of Japan to in Chapter 6?
(a) China.
(b) America.
(c) Holland.
(d) The Indies.

3. What does Minke ask Nyai about at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Her parent's death.
(b) Her job.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her marriage.

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

5. What does Chapter 1 provide the readers?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Introduction to American history.
(c) Introduction to French history.
(d) Background information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minke decline to tell the reader?

2. In Chapter 4, what does Minke bring to Annelies' house?

3. What does Minke feel is necessary to reveal to the reader?

4. Where is Minke's birth place located?

5. Who does Nyai think Minke should write about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is foreshadowing used in Chapter 4?

2. Describe Minke's education.

3. Why is Minke amazed by Nyia's education?

4. What is the significance of Jean Marais being a private first class in the army?

5. What is Nyai's response to Minke's article?

6. Who says "I don't yet really need to reveal who I am before the eyes of others" and what does it mean?

7. How does Minke feel about Annelies at the start of Chapter 3 and what does he believe influences him to feel this way?

8. What does Nyai reveal about her life in Chapter 5?

9. What is the significance of the men in Annelies' family not joining them for dinner in Chapter 4?

10. Who is the narrator of "This Earth Of Mankind"?

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