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

2. What is the last thing Uncle Philip says to Christopher?
(a) I didn't want to hurt you.
(b) I love you.
(c) I want you to like me.
(d) I think you are very English.

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

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

5. How does remembering the end of his relationship with Uncle Philip make Christopher feel?
(a) Christopher remembers the end of his relationship with Uncle Philip fondly.
(b) Christopher remembers the end of his relationship with Uncle Philip indifferently.
(c) Remembering the end of his relationship with Uncle Philip causes Christopher significant pain.
(d) Remembering the end of his relationship with Uncle Philip fills Christopher with anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Christopher describe Miss Givens's smiles?

2. Where do the guests go after the meal and the speech at the Meredith Foundation dinner?

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

4. How does Akira feel about Ling Tien?

5. What areas of Shanghai is young Christopher forbidden to enter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Christopher's residence in 1937.

2. How does the Emery case wrap up?

3. How does Akira feel after stealing Ling Tien's lotion?

4. Describe the opium campaign meetings.

5. What does Sarah tell Christopher about marriage?

6. Describe Ling Tien.

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

8. How is Jennifer's nanny selected?

9. How does Uncle Philip set the stage for Christopher's mother's abduction?

10. What are Christopher's earliest encounters with Sarah like?

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