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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christopher's mother say when he rushes to the door?
(a) Christopher's mother tells Christopher to be proud of his father.
(b) Christopher's mother tells Christopher he must first put on proper shoes and a jacket.
(c) Christopher's mother tells Christopher he may not go into town.
(d) Christopher's mother proposes that Christopher take Akira with him.

2. In the summer of the visit to Uncle Philip's office, what behavior of Akira's does Christopher begin to find particularly irksome?
(a) Akira's overblown appreciation of his personal virtues.
(b) Akira's tendency to disappear for long periods of time.
(c) Akira's incessant harping on the achievements of the Japanese.
(d) Akira's preoccupation with his bodily functions.

3. Who causes Christopher to lower his guard?
(a) Akira.
(b) Christopher's father.
(c) Uncle Philip.
(d) Christopher's mother.

4. What happens to Christopher's father the day after the lotion theft?
(a) Christopher's father is hit by a car.
(b) Christopher's father falls off a horse.
(c) Christopher's father disappears.
(d) Christopher's father is fired from Morganbrook and Byatt.

5. How does old Christopher remember Colonel Chamberlain?
(a) Hatefully.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Fondly.
(d) Ambivalently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What delightful news does Mei Li deliver to Christopher at the end of the chapter?

2. How does Akira respond when Christopher asks him if he will have to go and live in Japan?

3. What is the Banks' "library" like?

4. Whom does Christopher glimpse while enjoying tea and scones at the Waldorf Hotel?

5. What is the tone of Cecil Medhurst's speech at the Meredith Foundation dinner?

(see the answer key)

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