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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Kitty asks Walter if he despises her in Chapter 47, what is his response?
(a) He tells her he doesn't know how he feels about her.
(b) He tells her he despises himself.
(c) He tells her he loves her and always will.
(d) He tells her he despises himself and her.

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

4. What about Walter's appearance, as described in Chapter 56, shocks Kitty during their conversation?
(a) She notices he is very thin and sickly.
(b) She notices his hair has turned gray.
(c) He is very dirty and unclean.
(d) He is wearing Chinese peasant clothing.

5. 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.

6. What is Waddington's affinity for liquor?
(a) He never drinks and despises liquor.
(b) He enjoys liquor only sparingly.
(c) He loves to drink and is frequently a little drunk.
(d) He uses liquor medicinally.

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

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

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

10. How many people die each day in Mei-tan-fu from the cholera?
(a) 76.
(b) 100.
(c) 115.
(d) 25.

11. How do the nuns regard Kitty's pregnancy?
(a) They are curious and excited.
(b) They find her pregnancy an inconvenience.
(c) They are indifferent to her pregnancy.
(d) They feel her pregnancy is a sin.

12. How does the Chinese surgeon think that Walter contracted cholera?
(a) From eating salad.
(b) From experimenting on himself.
(c) From drinking unsanitary water.
(d) From spending so much time with the sick.

13. What two skills does Kitty possess that are valuable in helping at the convent?
(a) She is good at playing cards and mixing drinks.
(b) She sings and is good at math.
(c) She has a good knowledge of medicine and how to dress wounds.
(d) She cooks well and sews beautifully.

14. Why won't Walter initially allow Colonel Yu to send for Kitty in Chapter 62?
(a) Walter doesn't want Kitty to witness the symptoms of cholera.
(b) Walter wants to send for Kitty himself.
(c) Walter is worried that Kitty will not want to come see him.
(d) Walter despises her and does not want to see Kitty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sister St. Joseph like to discuss with Kitty?

2. What abruptly awakens Kitty during her first night in Mei-tan-fu?

3. What does Waddington think of Dorothy?

4. What work does Walter quote with his last words?

5. Why don't the nuns allow Kitty to see inside the infirmary?

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