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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. Where does Queen Welhelmina reign?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) Holland.

2. What does Minke boast about at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) His wife.
(b) His education.
(c) His money.
(d) His car.

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

4. Who does Nyai believe is an excellent example of a tragic figure?
(a) May.
(b) Jean.
(c) Robert.
(d) Minke.

5. Why was Nyai kept in the house at age 13?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) She lied to her parents.
(c) She was ugly.
(d) She had to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue does this book explore?

2. What is Nyai's real name?

3. Who shows Minke, in Chapter 6, the article he wrote?

4. What does Minke say he would rather do than read the letters?

5. What does Jean Marais do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nyai treat Minke? Why might she treat him this way?

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

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

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

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

7. How is foreshadowing used in Chapter 4?

8. What event changed Herman Mellema forever?

9. Describe Minke's education.

10. How did the narrator write his story? What technique did he use?

(see the answer keys)

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