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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first question Christopher asks Sir Cecil?
(a) Christopher asks if he has spent any time recently in Shanghai.
(b) Christopher asks him if he knows Sarah Hemmings.
(c) Christopher asks him if he has a drink.
(d) Christopher asks him if he has any crimes that need to be solved.

2. What does Sarah say to Christopher about the Foundation dinner?
(a) Sarah says it has been a passable evening.
(b) Sarah says it has been an embarrassing evening.
(c) Sarah says it has been a dull evening.
(d) Sarah says it has been a marvelous evening.

3. Where does Akira go at the end of the summer?
(a) Akira goes to a Chinese concentration camp.
(b) Akira goes to school in Japan.
(c) Akira goes to London.
(d) Akira vanishes, and Christopher never learns where he goes.

4. How does Mrs. Banks respond to the health inspector's suggestion?
(a) Mrs. Banks says she will consider the suggestion.
(b) Mrs. Banks breaks into a tirade.
(c) Mrs. Banks says nothing and walks away.
(d) Mrs. Banks quietly agrees.

5. How does Mei Li regard Christopher's education?
(a) As a triffling matter.
(b) As a pain in the neck.
(c) As a completely irrelevant matter.
(d) As a matter of solemn importance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Christopher describe the atmosphere at breakfast on the days of the campaign meetings.

2. What composer's music underscores Christopher and Sarah's conversation at the end of the Foundation dinner?

3. What is odd about Mr. Banks's behavior in the fall that Akira is away?

4. According to Akira, why do Christopher's parents stop speaking to one another?

5. In the summer of the visit to Uncle Philip's office, what behavior of Akira's does Christopher begin to find particularly irksome?

(see the answer key)

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