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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Christopher and Akira begin playing on the mound in the garden?
(a) Age six.
(b) Age seven.
(c) Age eight.
(d) Age five.

2. What is Lady Beaton's first reaction to Christopher's proposal that he adopt Jennifer?
(a) Lady Beaton immediately says yes.
(b) Lady Beaton immediately leaves Christopher's presence.
(c) Lady Beaton recoils with suspicion.
(d) Lady Beaton laughs out loud.

3. What is Christopher's reaction to the "bursting-in" moment his father referred to?
(a) Christopher has no particular reaction to the moment.
(b) Christopher is deeply saddened by the experience.
(c) Christopher is amused by the encounter.
(d) Christopher is bewildered by the experience.

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

5. Who surprises Christopher while he is investigating the Emory case?
(a) Inspector Kung.
(b) Sarah Hemmings.
(c) James Osbourne.
(d) Sir Cecil Medhurst.

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

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

8. When does Christopher speak to Sarah at the Draycoats' wedding?
(a) Christopher does not speak to Sarah at the Draycoats' wedding.
(b) After the service.
(c) During the service.
(d) Before the service.

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

10. Where does Christopher unexpectedly reunite with Colonel Chamberlain?
(a) In a bookshop on Charing Cross Road.
(b) In the Palm Court of the Waldorf.
(c) At the Lucky Chance Club.
(d) In a crowded square in Shanghai.

11. How does Osbourne offend Christopher?
(a) Osbourne claims Christopher was "such an odd bird in school."
(b) Osbourne breaks Christopher's china.
(c) Osbourne calls Christopher's mother a "loose woman."
(d) Osbourne insults Christopher's cooking.

12. What does the event Osbourne takes Christopher to turn out to be?
(a) A major disappointment.
(b) A trap.
(c) An enchanting evening.
(d) A secret meeting.

13. 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 is fired from Morganbrook and Byatt.
(d) Christopher's father disappears.

14. What is the shape of Christopher's London home in Part III?
(a) Tall and narrow.
(b) Cozy and dark.
(c) Tall and wide.
(d) Short and wide.

15. According to Osbourne, Christopher always used to quiz him about what?
(a) Osbourne's diet.
(b) Osbourne's study regimen.
(c) Osbourne's romantic conquests.
(d) Osbourne's being "well-connected."

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of publishing does Osbourne say he is thinking of going into?

2. In what year does Christopher hear of Jennifer?

3. What kind of tree rises out of the mound in Christopher's garden in Shanghai?

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

5. What does Christopher suspect happened to Akira in Japan?

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