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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the summer of the visit to Uncle Philip's office, what behavior of Akira's does Christopher begin to find particularly irksome?
(a) Akira's preoccupation with his bodily functions.
(b) Akira's overblown appreciation of his personal virtues.
(c) Akira's tendency to disappear for long periods of time.
(d) Akira's incessant harping on the achievements of the Japanese.

2. Who does young Christopher see being very familiar with the plump-faced man?
(a) Christopher's mother.
(b) Christopher's father.
(c) Uncle Philip.
(d) Akira.

3. How does Christoper want Uncle Philip to help him become "more English?"
(a) Christopher wants Uncle Philip to introduce him to some fine English "specimens."
(b) Christopher wants Uncle Philip to allow him to copy his behavior sometimes.
(c) Christopher wants Uncle Philip to take him on a trip to England.
(d) Christopher wants Uncle Philip to give him weekly lessons in "Englishness."

4. According to Akira, why do Christopher's parents stop speaking to one another?
(a) Because Christopher's parents have hurt each other's feelings.
(b) Because Christopher is "not enough Englishman."
(c) Because Akira is "not enough Japanese."
(d) Because Christopher's mother objects to her husband's work.

5. What becomes of Inspector Kung?
(a) Kung becomes a Buddhist monk.
(b) Kung becomes the most successful detective in all of Asia.
(c) Kung is murdered in a bar fight.
(d) Kung becomes a drunk and an opium addict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christopher suspect happened to Akira in Japan?

2. At what age did Christopher and Akira begin playing on the mound in the garden?

3. What is Christopher expected to do during his mother's opium campaign meetings?

4. How does old Christopher recognize Wang Ku in the photograph?

5. What composer's music underscores Christopher and Sarah's conversation at the end of the Foundation dinner?

(see the answer key)

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