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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Aldred driving to the Discoll's house?
(a) He is going to stay with them.
(b) He is going to tell them about Professor Gardiner.
(c) He is going to study them.
(d) He is lost and needs directions.

2. How does Peter describe Canton?
(a) Charming and electric.
(b) Big, bustling and overwhelming.
(c) Quiet and passive.
(d) Squalid and indistinct with chaos.

3. What kind of records does Rysom have?
(a) Rock.
(b) Blues.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Country.

4. Where does Benedict want to go with Leith?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Paris.

5. Who goes looking for Aldred in Kure?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Two American men.
(c) Raimonda.
(d) Iris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter's first love?

2. What place does NOT have a room for Peter Exley?

3. How is Aldred traveling in Japan?

4. Who is Charlotte?

5. Why does Aldred spend two years walking across China?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Benedict's health worsens, what is his greatest desire?

2. What role does Gardiner play in Chapter Two?

3. How does Aldred get the job of studying China and Japan?

4. How does Aldred meet Aurora?

5. Why is Peter upset that Aldred found him a new place to live?

6. Why is Peter happy about making the move to MacGregor Road?

7. What do Benedict and Helen fear will happen while Aldred is away on his two month journey away from Kure?

8. Why doesn''t the affair between Aldred and Aurora last?

9. Why is Exley living with Roy Rysom?

10. What do thoughts of Aurora make Aldred Leith realize?

(see the answer keys)

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