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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Kitty and Walter's discussion in Chapter 47, what does Kitty suppose Walter to be suffering from?
(a) Incredible guilt.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) A headache.
(d) The beginning signs of cholera.

2. What was Mother Superior's first name before she became a nun?
(a) Odette.
(b) Marie.
(c) Kitty doesn't know.
(d) Nicole.

3. What great noise brings Mother Superior to the room when Kitty is watching the children in Chapter 52?
(a) Kitty is playing a boisterous game with them.
(b) The children break a piece of furniture.
(c) A child is howling in pain.
(d) The children are singing a song Kitty is teaching them.

4. Who does Waddington live with?
(a) A Manchu lady.
(b) He lives by himself.
(c) He lives with his brother and his wife.
(d) Soliders stationed in Mei-tan-fu.

5. What compliment does Mother Superior pay Kitty when she sees her in disarray in Chapter 52?
(a) She tells Kitty she has a soothing voice.
(b) She compliments Kitty on her hard work.
(c) She tells Kitty she is very beautiful.
(d) She doesn't compliment, but reprimands Kitty instead.

6. As Kitty spends more time with the nuns, how does she feel about the Catholic faith?
(a) She feels too unworthy to become a Catholic.
(b) She admires the nuns, but does not share their beliefs.
(c) She begins to adopt Catholic beliefs and wishes to be baptized.
(d) She is disgusted by Catholic beliefs.

7. Where do Waddington and Kitty make an excursion to on a Sunday in Chapter 53?
(a) A Buddhist monastery.
(b) A beautiful waterful.
(c) To visit a new British family from Hong Kong.
(d) A neighboring city.

8. What vocation does Sister St. Joseph's family do in France?
(a) They are farmers.
(b) Her father and mother both work for the government.
(c) They own a small mercantile shop in the country.
(d) They own a bakery.

9. What habit of the Fanes does Waddington find surprising and dangerous?
(a) The rarely bathe or wash.
(b) They eat fresh salad.
(c) They eat raw meat.
(d) They house several sick invalids.

10. What token do the nuns send to Kitty after Walter's death?
(a) A picture of Jesus.
(b) An assortment of chocolates for Kitty.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A cross of dahlias.

11. Who comes to tell Kitty that Walter has fallen ill?
(a) Mother Superior.
(b) Waddington.
(c) Colonel Yu.
(d) An amah.

12. What does Sister St. Joseph like to discuss with Kitty?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Religion.
(c) The children.
(d) The developments in the cholera epidemic.

13. What does Walter routinely do after Kitty goes to bed during their stay at Mei-tan-fu?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Listen to music and relax.
(c) Work in his laboratory.
(d) Return to the infirmary to tend to the sick.

14. How does Waddington regard the Catholic nuns of the convent?
(a) He is awed by their selfless sacrifice.
(b) He doesn't find them very devoted.
(c) He thinks their devotion to humanity is misplaced.
(d) He thinks their devotion is a certain kind of madness.

15. What does Kitty think of her first view from her window of the bungalow?
(a) She takes no notice of the view and is so depressed she doesn't really register her surroundings.
(b) She finds it breathtakingly beautiful.
(c) She finds the view pretty much the same as her view in Hong Kong.
(d) She finds it dreary and depressing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kitty arrives at the convent to offer her services in Chapter 48, why is Mother Superior crying?

2. Why doesn't Kitty converse with Sister St. Joseph on her first visit to the convent?

3. After Kitty learns of Walter's work and talents, how does she regard him?

4. What physical feature of Waddington's mistress suggests fine breeding to Kitty?

5. What startles the servants accompanying Kitty on the road to Mei-tan-fu?

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