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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Charlie think disturbed him and Kitty during their rendezvous in Chapter 1?
(a) A delivery person.
(b) Kitty's husband.
(c) Kitty's pet dog.
(d) The amah, or Chinese servant.

2. What is the first thing to startle Kitty in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) She hears someone calling for her.
(b) Someone tries to open the door to the room she is in.
(c) A breeze through the open window gives her a shudder.
(d) She heard a commotion outside.

3. How does Kitty feel when she sees Walter and realizes he knows of the affair?
(a) She is angry and confrontational.
(b) She is nervous and feels ill.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is happy and relieved.

4. Why do Walter and Kitty plan their wedding so quickly?
(a) Walter has to return to China in the fall.
(b) Kitty is afraid he'll change his mind.
(c) Mrs. Garstin forces them to marry before it gets too hot.
(d) They are madly in love and don't want to wait.

5. When Walter found out about Kitty and Charlie, why didn't he break into the room and fight Charlie?
(a) Walter likes Charlie.
(b) He was afraid Charlie would beat him up.
(c) He wasn't sure exactly at that time Charlie was with Kitty.
(d) Walter says he was too proud to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Charlie hold?

2. What do the nuns give Chinese parents in exchange for babies they would have otherwise abandoned?

3. When Kitty is ill, how does Walter treat her?

4. Why does Kitty insist on meeting Charlie in person the following day?

5. What position did Dorothy's father hold in Hong Kong?

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