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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What startles Kitty when she accompanies Waddington on her first walk outside of the bungalow?
(a) An abandoned child.
(b) A dead peasant.
(c) A procession of widows.
(d) A large water buffalo.

2. When Walter asks Kitty if the baby is his, what is her response?
(a) She refuses to answer.
(b) She doesn't know.
(c) She tells him it is Charlie's.
(d) She tells him it is his.

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

4. When Kitty finds herself suffering nausea and vomits, what causes her to faint?
(a) She doesn't faint, but quickly regains her composure.
(b) She receives some bad news about Walter.
(c) She is afraid she has cholera.
(d) One of the children vomits as well, and she faints when she sees it.

5. What illness does Walter have, as described in Chapter 62?
(a) The cholera.
(b) He was wounded in an accident.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) He isn't ill, just guilt-ridden.

6. As more time passes with Kitty working at the convent, how does she reflect on Charlie's appearance?
(a) She cannot remember what he looks like.
(b) She still finds herself attracted to him.
(c) She thinks he is handsome, but she is not attracted to him.
(d) She finds him unattractive and even repulsive.

7. What modes of transportation do Kitty and Walter utilize to get to Mei-tan-fu?
(a) They take a steamer and are carried in chairs.
(b) They ride on a cargo ship and walk the remainder of the way.
(c) They take a ferry and ride on donkeys.
(d) They take a train and ride in a carriage.

8. What gift does the Manchu mistress give to Kitty?
(a) Bedroom slippers.
(b) A jade bracelet.
(c) A small painting.
(d) A supply of opium.

9. What does Waddington think of Dorothy?
(a) He thinks she's cold and unfeeling.
(b) He thinks she's well-bred and able.
(c) He thinks she's extremely beautiful.
(d) He thinks she's very flirtatious.

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

11. When Kitty asks Walter if he wanted her to die from cholera in Chapter 57, what is his response?
(a) Yes.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) At first.
(d) No.

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

13. What does Mother Superior describe as her last sight of France?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) The golden figure of Saint-Marie la Grace.
(c) Her family waving from the harbor.
(d) A beautiful sunset behind the cityscape.

14. Why doesn't Kitty converse with Sister St. Joseph on her first visit to the convent?
(a) Sister St. Joseph has taken a vow of silence.
(b) Sister St. Joseph is deaf.
(c) Sister St. Joseph does not speak English.
(d) Kitty is afraid of her.

15. Who recited a Protestant burial service for Walter?
(a) Mother Superior.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Colonel Yu.
(d) Waddington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Walter initially allow Colonel Yu to send for Kitty in Chapter 62?

2. What do the children at the convent think of Kitty?

3. How does Mother Superior treat Kitty since the discovery of her pregnancy?

4. How many people die each day in Mei-tan-fu from the cholera?

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

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