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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of establishment is the Dorchester?
(a) A very fancy restaurant.
(b) A modest inn.
(c) A quaint tea room.
(d) A public house.

2. What is Colonel Chamberlain's relationship to Christopher?
(a) The Colonel takes Christopher from Shanghai to England after his parents' abductions.
(b) The Colonel is Christopher's uncle.
(c) The Colonel becomes Christopher's guardian when he comes to London.
(d) The Colonel is Christopher's second cousin.

3. As a child what is Christopher's feeling about his ambition to become a great detective?
(a) He feels it is something he ought to keep to himself.
(b) He feels he must tell absolutely everyone.
(c) He feels deeply ashamed of his ambition.
(d) He feels like he may give it up to become a fireman.

4. In chapter one Christopher remembers coming from Cambridge to London in the summer of which year?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1923.

5. How does old Christopher remember Colonel Chamberlain?
(a) Hatefully.
(b) Fondly.
(c) Ambivalently.
(d) Sadly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Christopher's relationship to James Osbourne?

2. What is the tone of Cecil Medhurst's speech at the Meredith Foundation dinner?

3. While pondering a case in Kensington Gardens, Christopher runs in to which character?

4. How does Sarah react to Christopher at the Mayfair party?

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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