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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 time is Minke awakened in Chapter 7?

2. What does Nyai accuse Robert of in Chapter 10?

3. What political affiliation does Magda Peters hold?

4. Who spreads rumors about Minke in Chapter 15?

5. Whose home does Minke visit in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Fatso?

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

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

4. How have things changed when Minke returns to school in Chapter 13?

5. What does the bupati ask Minke to do for him in Chapter 7?

6. Who is Dr. Martinet and what does Minke learn from him?

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

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

9. What does Annelies reveal to Minke at the end of Chapter 14?

10. How does Annelies act in Chapter 12 and what does the doctor tell Minke he must do? What is his reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Dutch and Europeans and the role they play in Toer's story. What aspects of Indonesian life do they control?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Define the term foreshadow. How does Pramoedya Ananta Toer use foreshadowing in his book? Provide two examples of foreshadowing and the events they predict.

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