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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 does Minke's school teach him?
(a) How to take notes.
(b) To play Lacrosse.
(c) How to speak Latin.
(d) To fight.

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

3. Why does Robert Mellema think about turning his guests away?
(a) He has company.
(b) They are smelly.
(c) He doesn't like people.
(d) One is a native.

4. How does Annelies help Minke settle in Chapter 4?
(a) She kisses him.
(b) She unpacks for him.
(c) She gives him a drink.
(d) She accepts his gift.

5. Who tells Minke the story of how Nyai became a nyai?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jean.
(c) Annelies.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Nyai kept in the house at age 13?

2. Why does Annelies leave her conversation with Minke in Chapter 4?

3. What does Minke admit to Nyai in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 6, who does Minke receive an invitation from?

5. What type of girl does Robert Suurhof want to find?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Annelies tell Minke about Nyai in Chapter 5?

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 Nyai show Minke in Chapter 6 and what is she suspicious about?

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

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

7. Describe Minke's education.

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

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

10. What advances does Minke say have been seen on the island.

(see the answer keys)

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