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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who owns Christopher's family's house in Shanghai?
2. What kind of establishment is the Dorchester?
3. How does Christopher remember Uncle Philip's office?
4. Where does Jennifer live before Christopher adopts her?
5. While pondering a case in Kensington Gardens, Christopher runs in to which character?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Charles Emery's body found?
2. Describe an instance of Mr. Banks boasting.
3. How does the Emery case wrap up?
4. Why does Christopher consider inviting Chamberlain to the Dorchester "the height of inconsideration?"
5. Describe Sir Cecil Medhurst's speech at the Meredith Foundation Dinner.
6. What happens after Uncle Philip leaves Christopher?
7. How does Christopher receive his magnifying glass?
8. What does Akira believe about Ling Tien?
9. Who is the plump-faced man in Christopher's newspaper photograph?
10. How does Uncle Philip set the stage for Christopher's mother's abduction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Kazuo Ishiguro is very specific about dates and years In WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS. Why is specificity of time crucial to the story? What does it reveal about the narrator? How does it affect the reader? How does this specificity contrast with Christopher's highly subjective memories of his past?
Essay Topic 2
Christopher's mother is one of the most prominent figures in his life both before and after her abduction. What qualities does Christopher inherit from his mother? How do these very qualities prevent him from giving up on finding her? How is Christopher's relationship with his mother transformed by her abduction? How is it transformed by her rescue?
Essay Topic 3
By the end of the novel the reader has traveled with Christopher backwards and forwards in time and from Shanghai to London and back. Starting at the earliest point in time, describe Christopher's journey? Make sure your account has a beginning, middle and end. Having put the story in chronological order, do you understand anything new about the novel?
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