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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 do Annelies and Minke sit and talk in Chapter 4?
(a) The family restaurant.
(b) The beach.
(c) The garden.
(d) Minke's house.

2. What does Nyai think of Minke's confession to her?
(a) She cries.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is proud of him.

3. How long after the actual events did Minke write the book?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 13 years.

4. What does Minke feel is necessary to reveal to the reader?
(a) How he imagined the characters.
(b) How he wrote the book.
(c) His address.
(d) His parents income.

5. What does Minke state the actual events are now combined with?
(a) Truth.
(b) Hate.
(c) Lies.
(d) Imagination.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Robert Mellema think about turning his guests away?

3. Where does Minke go at the start of Chapter 3?

4. What issue does this book explore?

5. How does Minke expect Nyai to react to his confession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mr. Mellema's household like?

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

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

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

7. Who is Robert Suurhof?

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

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

10. Who does Minke speak to at the start of Chapter 6 and how does the conversation go?

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