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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What work does Walter quote with his last words?
(a) Goldsmith's Elegy.
(b) A Chinese proverb.
(c) A Shakespearean sonnet.
(d) A verse in St. John in the Bible.

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

5. As Kitty spends more time with the nuns, how does she feel about the Catholic faith?
(a) She is disgusted by Catholic beliefs.
(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 feels too unworthy to become a Catholic.

6. How does Kitty regard Waddington's frankness?
(a) She is annoyed by it.
(b) His frankness makes her self-conscious.
(c) She doesn't notice it.
(d) She finds it refreshing.

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

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

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

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

11. What experience does Mother Superior recount to Kitty in Chapter 60?
(a) She recounts happy memories from her childhood.
(b) She tells Kitty of her first love.
(c) She recounts when she told her family her decision to become a nun.
(d) She tells Kitty of her journey to China.

12. What do the children at the convent think of Kitty?
(a) They like her and come to her with concerns.
(b) They are upset at her intrusion and ignore her presence.
(c) They are afraid of her pale skin.
(d) The like to watch her, but are too nervous to get close to her.

13. What type of work does Kitty first offer to do at the convent?
(a) Redecorate the chapel.
(b) Prepare meals.
(c) Scrub floors.
(d) Care for newborns.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kitty asks Walter what plans he has for their future after Mei-tan-fu, what is his response?

2. What startles Kitty when she accompanies Waddington on her first walk outside of the bungalow?

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

4. What crime is Colonel Yu trying desperately to prevent in Mei-tan-fu?

5. Who comes to tell Kitty that Walter has fallen ill?

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