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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Christopher's memory of Akira's house?
(a) Christopher remembers that Akira's house was very dilapidated.
(b) Strangely, Christopher has no recollection of his best friend's house.
(c) Christopher remembers it to be very similar to his family's from an architectural standpoint.
(d) Christopher remembers it to be exactly the opposite of his family's.

2. How does Christopher get back to his house?
(a) Christopher walks.
(b) Christopher runs home.
(c) Christopher hails a taxi.
(d) Christopher rides his bicycle.

3. What prevents Christopher from developing the level of intimacy with his English school friends that he developed with Akira?
(a) Christopher is taken out of English school.
(b) The English boys refuse to speak to Christopher.
(c) The English boys make Christopher the butt of their jokes.
(d) Christopher finds the English boys entirely unappealing.

4. What does Christopher's mother call the plump-faced man?
(a) The ugliest man she has ever seen.
(b) A fine man.
(c) An agent of the devil.
(d) A very charming man.

5. How does Akira respond when Christopher asks him if he will have to go and live in Japan?
(a) Akira says he will stay in Shanghai forever.
(b) Akira says he will go to Japan in two years.
(c) Akira says he will got to Japan in four years.
(d) Akira says he will go to Japan in one year.

6. What is the date of Part III?
(a) November 30, 1937.
(b) April 12, 1937.
(c) Novermber 8, 1931.
(d) April 30, 1931.

7. When Christopher comes to London from Cambridge he takes a flat in what neighborhood?
(a) Downtown.
(b) Knotting Hill.
(c) Hyde Park.
(d) Kensington.

8. What kind of establishment is the Dorchester?
(a) A quaint tea room.
(b) A public house.
(c) A modest inn.
(d) A very fancy restaurant.

9. What is the name of the road whose side streets are so heavily trafficked?
(a) Kung Po.
(b) Nanking.
(c) Wang Chu.
(d) Danzu.

10. What do Christopher's friends give him for his fourteenth birthday?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A cricket bat.
(c) A woopie cushion.
(d) A croquet set.

11. What is Uncle Philip's relationship to the Banks?
(a) Philip is Mrs. Banks uncle.
(b) Philip is Mr. Banks brother.
(c) Philip is a close family friend, not a real uncle to any of them.
(d) Philip is Mrs. Banks brother.

12. How does Sarah react to Christopher at the Mayfair party?
(a) Sarah greets Christopher warmly.
(b) Sarah puts Christopher down in front of the whole room.
(c) Sarah nods in recognition, but otherwise ignores Christopher.
(d) Sarah pleads with Christopher to take her to a dance.

13. Who does Uncle Philip say "is about as English as they come?"
(a) Philip himself.
(b) Christopher's father.
(c) Christopher's mother.
(d) Christopher.

14. What is Colonel Chamberlain's relationship to Christopher?
(a) The Colonel takes Christopher from Shanghai to England after his parents' abductions.
(b) The Colonel is Christopher's uncle.
(c) The Colonel is Christopher's second cousin.
(d) The Colonel becomes Christopher's guardian when he comes to London.

15. What is the Banks' "library" like?
(a) A nook in the kitchen housing a shelf of classic works.
(b) The largest room in the house with miles and miles of books.
(c) A small, dark room in the basement with a few encyclopedia volumes.
(d) An anteroom with walls lined with books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the shape of Christopher's London home in Part III?

2. What musical instrument does Uncle Philip encourage Christopher to go with him to see?

3. What is the time and place of Part II?

4. How do Akira and Christopher dress when they play outside?

5. What is Christopher's reaction to the "bursting-in" moment his father referred to?

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