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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the guests go after the meal and the speech at the Meredith Foundation dinner?
(a) The ballroom.
(b) The parlor.
(c) A fashionable club across the street.
(d) The billiard room.

2. What does Christopher think about the quality of his memory of the Shanghai garden?
(a) Christopher thinks his memory of the lawn is a child's vision, and the garden was in reality not so grand.
(b) Christopher is unsure if he is remembering his own garden or Akira's.
(c) Christopher thinks his memory is highly accurate, despite all the years that have passed since he left Shanghai.
(d) Christopher thinks his memory is too simple, and the garden was probably far grander than he recalls.

3. When his mother stops laughing suddenly outside his father's study, what is Christopher's first thought?
(a) That he is about to be scolded.
(b) That his mother is about to yell at his father.
(c) That his mother is about to surprise him.
(d) That his mother is having a stroke.

4. What composer's music underscores Christopher and Sarah's conversation at the end of the Foundation dinner?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Bach.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Haydn.

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

6. How does old Christopher recognize Wang Ku in the photograph?
(a) Wang Ku was a household name when he was growing up in Shanghai.
(b) Wang Ku solicited Christopher's assistance as a detective.
(c) Wang Ku paid a visit to Christopher's mother in Shanghai.
(d) Wang Ku was a frequent visitor at Akira's home in Shanghai.

7. Upon his return, how does Akira respond to Christopher's questions about his experiences in Japan?
(a) Akira goes on and on with his many stories until Christopher is quite bored.
(b) Akira recounts a bitter tale of his alienation from the boys in the Nagasaki school.
(c) Akira persuades Christopher it would be childish to discuss such matters.
(d) Akira is silent.

8. What is Christopher's initial response to the plump-faced man?
(a) The plump-faced man captures Christopher's rapt attention.
(b) The plump-faced man fills Christopher with pity.
(c) The plump-faced man does not much excite Christopher's interest.
(d) The plump-faced man fills Christopher with fear.

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

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

11. What areas of Shanghai is young Christopher forbidden to enter?
(a) The English areas.
(b) The American areas.
(c) The Chinese areas.
(d) The Japanese areas.

12. What does the health inspector from Morganbrook and Byatt urge Mrs. Banks to do?
(a) Watch the New Year's parade.
(b) Leave her husband.
(c) Get rid of the servants.
(d) Leave Shanghai immediately.

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

14. What is the subject of Sir Cecil's speech?
(a) The Great War.
(b) The opium trade in China.
(c) Economic prosperity in Britain.
(d) Organized crime in London.

15. Whom does Christopher glimpse while enjoying tea and scones at the Waldorf Hotel?
(a) Inspector Kung.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Uncle Philip suggest he, Mrs. Banks and Christopher go after the Saturday meeting?

2. What is Akira's reaction when he discovers a tear in his kimono?

3. How does Christopher remember Uncle Philip's office?

4. On what day do Akira and Christopher enter Ling Tien's room?

5. What does Akira believe Ling Tien's passion to be?

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