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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about Mr. Banks's behavior in the fall that Akira is away?
(a) Mr. Banks is frequently out of sight.
(b) Mr. Banks begins losing his mind.
(c) Mr. Banks loses his temper on a daily basis.
(d) Mr. Banks begins boasting.

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

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

4. Christopher has an argument over the pronunciation of which English expression?
(a) Governor.
(b) Boss.
(c) Old chap.
(d) Mate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first question Christopher asks Sir Cecil?

3. How does Christoper want Uncle Philip to help him become "more English?"

4. Years later what does Christopher recognize about the plump-faced man?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christopher receive his magnifying glass?

2. What happens to Christopher and Sarah at David Corbett's luncheon on Lower Regent Street?

3. Describe two examples of what Christopher refers to as "someone disapproving him and only just managing to conceal it."

4. Describe Ling Tien.

5. Describe the opium campaign meetings.

6. Where is Christopher's father's study and what are the rules about it?

7. How does Miss Hemmings gain admittance to the Meredith Foundation dinner?

8. Describe the visit of the health inspector to Christopher's home in Shanghai.

9. What kinds of presents does Uncle Philip give Christopher when the boy comes to visit his office?

10. How does Christopher tend to remember his boyhood companion Akira?

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