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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. Why did Nyai's father sell her to work as a concubine?
(a) For lots of money.
(b) So he could get a job.
(c) Her mother was jealous of her.
(d) He didn't like her.

2. In what century does "This Earth of Mankind" take place?
(a) 19th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 17th.

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

4. Where does Robert Suurhof come to visit Minke in Chapter 2?
(a) Church,
(b) Minke's home.
(c) Minke's grandmother's hut.
(d) The beach.

5. Who told Herman to divorce his wife according to Nyai?
(a) His child.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May see on her walk in Chapter 3?

2. What does Minke's school teach him?

3. What does Jean Marais tell Minke about love?

4. Who is the narrator in Chapter 6?

5. What date is Minke's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jean Marais' painting and what he thinks it means.

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

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

4. What does Nyai show Minke in Chapter 6 and what is she suspicious about?

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

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

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

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

9. What advice does Jean Marais give to Minke about Annelies in Chapter 3?

10. What is colonization and how does it effect this story?

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