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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. How does Mrs. Banks respond to the health inspector's suggestion?
(a) Mrs. Banks says nothing and walks away.
(b) Mrs. Banks says she will consider the suggestion.
(c) Mrs. Banks breaks into a tirade.
(d) Mrs. Banks quietly agrees.

2. How do Uncle Philip and Christopher reach the city center?
(a) In a carriage.
(b) In a motorcar.
(c) On foot.
(d) On bicycles.

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

4. How old are Akira and Christopher when they finally enter Ling Tien's room?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sarah get into the Foundation dinner without an invitation?

3. What game do Christopher and Akira invent?

4. As a child what is Christopher's feeling about his ambition to become a great detective?

5. How does Osbourne offend Christopher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "dining room episode?"

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

3. What happens after Uncle Philip leaves Christopher?

4. Describe Christopher's meeting with the silver-haired man.

5. What does Sarah tell Christopher about marriage?

6. How is Christopher and Akira's friendship when Akira returns from Japan?

7. How does Sarah Hemmings treat Christopher at the Mayfair flat?

8. What does Akira say when Christopher asks if his parents sometime stop talking to each other?

9. Describe Christopher's residence in 1937.

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

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