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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the nuns give Chinese parents in exchange for babies they would have otherwise abandoned?
(a) A supply of fruit and vegetables.
(b) Medicine to ward against cholera.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A small amount of cash.

2. Why does Kitty attend the daily services in the chapel with the other nuns and children?
(a) Walter has pressured her to attend them.
(b) She is worried about offending Mother Superior by not attending.
(c) Mother Superior has asked her to attend them.
(d) She finds it restful.

3. When Kitty arrives at the convent to offer her services in Chapter 48, why is Mother Superior crying?
(a) She had received bad news from home.
(b) She found her suffering from symptons of cholera.
(c) Another nun had died during the night.
(d) A beloved orphan girl had just died.

4. What skill of Walter's does Kitty learn about from the nuns that surprises her?
(a) Walter is very fluent in French.
(b) Walter is an excellent cook and helps with meals at the convent.
(c) Walter is very good with babies and loves to play with them.
(d) Walter has an excellent singing voice.

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

6. What crime is Colonel Yu trying desperately to prevent in Mei-tan-fu?
(a) Espionage.
(b) Looting.
(c) Rape.
(d) Kidnapping.

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

8. After Kitty learns of Walter's work and talents, how does she regard him?
(a) She is disappointed in him.
(b) She is envious of him.
(c) She is proud of him.
(d) She is completley indifferent towards his work.

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

10. Where is Walter buried?
(a) His body is interred in Hong Kong.
(b) He is cremated.
(c) In a Mei-tan-fu cemetery.
(d) His body is sent back to England.

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

12. What French delicacy does Mother Superior serve Kitty during tea?
(a) A type of French goat cheese.
(b) French crepes.
(c) French cakes called Madeleines.
(d) French bread called baquettes.

13. 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.

14. What startles the servants accompanying Kitty on the road to Mei-tan-fu?
(a) The distant shriek of a large animal.
(b) Four peasants bearing a coffin.
(c) A little boy crying for his mother.
(d) A snake across the roadway.

15. What is Kitty's last request of Walter?
(a) She asks him to give her a kiss.
(b) She asks for forgiveness.
(c) She asks him to forgive himself.
(d) She asks him to tell her he loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experience does Mother Superior recount to Kitty in Chapter 60?

2. Who is the first person to suppose that Kitty is expecting?

3. What happened to the Missionary who was the previous occupant of the bungalow?

4. What does Kitty think of her first view from her window of the bungalow?

5. What does Mother Superior describe as her last sight of France?

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