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

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

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

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. When Kitty asks Walter if he wanted her to die from cholera in Chapter 57, what is his response?
(a) No.
(b) At first.
(c) Yes.
(d) He doesn't know.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What great noise brings Mother Superior to the room when Kitty is watching the children in Chapter 52?

3. What physical feature of Waddington's mistress suggests fine breeding to Kitty?

4. When Kitty discovers she is pregnant, what is her immediate reaction?

5. Who does Waddington live with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Kitty regard her indiscretion with Townsend?

6. How does Waddington try and comfort Kitty about Walter's death?

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

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

9. How does Waddington describe Dorothy Townsend?

10. What are Kitty's initial feelings towards the young orphan children and do her feelings change over time?

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