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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job is Kitty given at the convent?
(a) She works in the infirmary.
(b) She cares for smaller children.
(c) She helps with the laundry.
(d) She teaches English to the nuns.

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

3. During Kitty and Waddington's first dinner together, what unexpected mutual acquaintance do they discover?
(a) They don't have any mutual acquaintances.
(b) Charlie Townsend.
(c) The Curio Shop owner.
(d) The Governor.

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

5. How do the older Chinese orphan girls spend their time at the convent?
(a) They play card games.
(b) They study mathematics and history.
(c) They put on elaborate plays.
(d) They do embroidery and sewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Waddington regard the Catholic nuns of the convent?

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

3. When Kitty finds herself suffering nausea and vomits, what causes her to faint?

4. Who is the first person Kitty meets when she reaches her new home in Mei-tan-fu?

5. What gift does the Manchu mistress give to Kitty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kitty feel when she realizes she is no longer in love with Charlie?

2. As Waddington tells Kitty about Chinese history and novels, how does Kitty's perception of the Chinese change?

3. How does Kitty describe the chapel at the convent?

4. How does Kitty describe her first impression of Waddington?

5. Why doesn't Kitty lie to Walter when he asks her if he is the father of the baby?

6. After visiting the convent what type of relationship does Kitty want with Walter?

7. How does Kitty describe her first impression of Sister St. Joseph?

8. How does Kitty regard her indiscretion with Townsend?

9. How does Waddington describe Charlie Townsend?

10. How does Waddington describe his religious views to Kitty?

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