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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. Why does Christopher's driver stop when they are looking for the blind actor's house?

2. What does his escort do when Christopher is disrespectful to him?

3. What makes it difficult to recognize Uncle Philip when Christopher reunites with him?

4. What does Uncle Philip say happened to Christopher's father?

5. Why does Christopher's escort leave him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christopher spend his afternoon before meeting up with Sarah and Sir Cecil at the Lucky Chance Club?

2. Describe Christopher's reunion with his mother.

3. At Christopher's welcome party, what is the crowd's response to the explosion heard outside?

4. How is Christopher treated at the police station?

5. Describe Christopher's return to his childhood home.

6. What happens when the lieutenant tells Christopher that they must wait before continuing to Yeh Chen's house?

7. What happens to Christopher as he is finishing his lunch on the day he is to leave for Macao?

8. What is Jennifer's proposal for herself and Christopher?

9. What does Christopher do after he is certain he and Akira have not been pursued?

10. What odd habit does Christopher observe in the people of Shanghai?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a child Christopher revered the great Inspector Kung. As a grown man Christopher meets the Inspector and discovers he has become a disheveled old drunk. How is this a turning point for Christopher? How is Christopher's meeting with Kung a warning to him? How does it drive him forward?

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

Most of the novel takes place in London and Shanghai. Compare and contrast these settings. How does Ishiguro use this contrast to develop themes? What are they?

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