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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 Annelies not return to school for a period of time?
(a) Her bad grades.
(b) Her mother's death.
(c) They moved to the islands.
(d) Her father's actions.

2. What does Minke say he would rather do than read the letters?
(a) Poke out his eyes.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Spend time with Annelies.
(d) Eat.

3. What issue does this book explore?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) Marxism.

4. Why does Nyai say Annelies was taken out of school?
(a) She was sick.
(b) School was too easy.
(c) She had to work.
(d) She failed English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some forms of progress Minke sees on the island?

2. What does Minke's school teach him?

3. Who told Herman to divorce his wife according to Nyai?

4. Why is Minke confused about concubines?

5. Where, in Chapter 3, do Minke and May go together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Robert Suurhof?

7. Who is the narrator of "This Earth Of Mankind"?

8. How is foreshadowing used in Chapter 4?

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

10. What event changed Herman Mellema forever?

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