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

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

3. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) Ailee.
(b) Sheffield.
(c) The author.
(d) Minke.

4. In Chapter 6, who does Minke receive an invitation from?
(a) Robert Mellema.
(b) Jean.
(c) May.
(d) Nyai.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Minke go at the start of Chapter 4?

2. What is this story about?

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

4. In what year of school did Annelies' father change?

5. What does Minke ask Nyai about at the end of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is foreshadowing used in Chapter 4?

3. What illness does Annelies suffer from in Chapter 4? How is she cured?

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

5. What does the conversation with Nyai in Chapter 6 reveal about Minke's education?

6. How does the narrator ensure that this story could apply to any young Indonesian?

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

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

9. Why is Minke conflicted over the social status of Annelies' family?

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

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