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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. Why doesn't Kitty tell Mother Superior about her unhappiness and its cause?
(a) The language barrier prohibits Kitty from telling Mother Superior her feelings and circumstances.
(b) She doesn't regret her actions.
(c) Walter has forbidden her from telling Mother Superior.
(d) She doesn't want Mother Superior to think ill of her.

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

3. What abruptly awakens Kitty during her first night in Mei-tan-fu?
(a) The crow of a bird.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) Walter rousing her.
(d) The crying of a servant.

4. What physical feature of Waddington's mistress suggests fine breeding to Kitty?
(a) Her small ears.
(b) Her long and glossy hair.
(c) Her long elegant hands.
(d) Her very large eyes.

5. 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 tells Kitty of her first love.
(d) She recounts happy memories from her childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the nuns regard Kitty's pregnancy?

2. What compliment does Mother Superior pay Kitty when she sees her in disarray in Chapter 52?

3. How does the Chinese surgeon think that Walter contracted cholera?

4. What two skills does Kitty possess that are valuable in helping at the convent?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first emotional hints that Kitty may be pregnant?

2. How does Kitty regard her indiscretion with Townsend?

3. When Kitty asks Waddington about immortality, what is his response?

4. How does Waddington describe Walter?

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

6. After Mother Superior agrees to let Kitty work in the convent, what advice does she give her?

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

8. How does Waddington describe Charlie Townsend?

9. How does Kitty describe the city of Mei-tan-fu as she is carried to Walter's deathbed?

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

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