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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. How old are Akira and Christopher when they finally enter Ling Tien's room?
2. Whom does Christopher glimpse while enjoying tea and scones at the Waldorf Hotel?
3. According to Akira, why do Christopher's parents stop speaking to one another?
4. Why does Christopher become irritated with Chamberlain at the Dorchester?
5. What does Christopher's mother say when he rushes to the door?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Christopher's meeting with the silver-haired man.
2. Describe the opium campaign meetings.
3. How does the Emery case wrap up?
4. What kinds of presents does Uncle Philip give Christopher when the boy comes to visit his office?
5. How is Christopher put in a difficult position when Uncle Philip suggests a trip to the racecourse?
6. Where is Christopher's father's study and what are the rules about it?
7. How does Christopher receive his magnifying glass?
8. How does Christopher feel about Akira the summer prior to his friend's leaving for school in Nagasaki?
9. How does Christopher tend to remember his boyhood companion Akira?
10. Describe Ling Tien.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does detection play in WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS? What inherent qualities in Christopher's character do you think lead him to this career choice? How do his family circumstances shape him as a detective?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What role does the advent of World War II play in the novel? How does the shape of world events parallel events in Christopher's life?
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