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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 happens when Minke returns to school in Chapter 13?

2. Where does Minke have to travel to in Chapter 7?

3. How does Annelies react to the letters Minke reads her?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Minke discuss with Jean?

5. Why did Minke's father send for him in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Association Theory and who tells Minke about it?

2. What happens when Minke asks his teachers about the Association Theory?

3. Why does Minke have a headache at the start of Chapter 11?

4. What happens in the court case at the end of Chapter 16?

5. Who reveals that Minke wrote the article in Chapter 13 and who comes to his defense?

6. Why is Minke warned to stay away from Magda Peters?

7. Why are Nyai and Annelies afraid in Chapter 9?

8. Why does Nyai wake Minke up in the early morning in Chapter 7?

9. What does it appear Minke's mother wants for her son at the wedding?

10. Why, in Chapter 17, is Minke expelled from school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact did Magda have on Minke's life? What suggestion did his teacher have that resulted in notoriety for Minke?

Essay Topic 2

What role does education play in Toer's story? How does the author demonstrate that there are many types of education, each with its own value?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Association Theory and who teaches it to Minke? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this theory?

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