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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What photo does Minke express appreciation for In Chapter 2?

2. What do Minke and May do together in Chapter 3?

3. What does Minke ask Nyai about at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What ethnicity is Minke?

5. At the start of Chapter 4, what is wrong with Annelies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event changed Herman Mellema forever?

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

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

6. What tensions exist between natives and European blood according to Chapter 2?

7. What does the term "historical fiction" mean?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting effect the reader's experience of the story? Does it matter that the story is set in another country? Describe the setting of the story of you choice and explain how it is intertwined with the plot.

Essay Topic 2

Define the term climax and decide where the point of climax is within the plot. Explain how the event fits the definition of climax and site examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What role do the mysterious letters play in the story? Who are they from and who sends them? What other role do secrets play in this story?

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