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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. When Kitty arrives at the convent to offer her services in Chapter 48, why is Mother Superior crying?
(a) She found her suffering from symptons of cholera.
(b) A beloved orphan girl had just died.
(c) She had received bad news from home.
(d) Another nun had died during the night.

2. Where do Waddington and Kitty make an excursion to on a Sunday in Chapter 53?
(a) A beautiful waterful.
(b) To visit a new British family from Hong Kong.
(c) A Buddhist monastery.
(d) A neighboring city.

3. What experience does Mother Superior recount to Kitty in Chapter 60?
(a) She tells Kitty of her first love.
(b) She tells Kitty of her journey to China.
(c) She recounts when she told her family her decision to become a nun.
(d) She recounts happy memories from her childhood.

4. What is Waddington's affinity for liquor?
(a) He enjoys liquor only sparingly.
(b) He loves to drink and is frequently a little drunk.
(c) He uses liquor medicinally.
(d) He never drinks and despises liquor.

5. Where is Walter buried?
(a) In a Mei-tan-fu cemetery.
(b) His body is interred in Hong Kong.
(c) His body is sent back to England.
(d) He is cremated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Kitty converse with Sister St. Joseph on her first visit to the convent?

2. When Kitty asks Walter if he despises her in Chapter 47, what is his response?

3. When Kitty asks Walter if he wanted her to die from cholera in Chapter 57, what is his response?

4. Who is the first person to suppose that Kitty is expecting?

5. What is Kitty's first impression of Sister St. Joseph's demeanor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Kitty lie to Walter when he asks her if he is the father of the baby?

2. How does Kitty describe Mother Superior's appearance?

3. After visiting the convent, why does Kitty feel so unhappy back at the bungalow.

4. As Waddington tells Kitty about Chinese history and novels, how does Kitty's perception of the Chinese change?

5. How does Kitty describe Waddington's Manchu mistress?

6. How does Waddington describe Dorothy Townsend?

7. Does Sister St. Joseph want to return to France? Why or why not?

8. How does Waddington try and comfort Kitty about Walter's death?

9. What does Sister St. Joseph think about Waddington?

10. How does Kitty describe her first impression of Sister St. Joseph?

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