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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. How do the nuns regard Kitty's pregnancy?
(a) They are indifferent to her pregnancy.
(b) They find her pregnancy an inconvenience.
(c) They are curious and excited.
(d) They feel her pregnancy is a sin.

2. How does Waddington regard the Catholic nuns of the convent?
(a) He is awed by their selfless sacrifice.
(b) He thinks their devotion is a certain kind of madness.
(c) He doesn't find them very devoted.
(d) He thinks their devotion to humanity is misplaced.

3. Who is the first person to suppose that Kitty is expecting?
(a) Mother Superior.
(b) Waddington.
(c) Walter.
(d) Sister St. Joseph.

4. What reason does Walter give for despising himself in Chapter 47?
(a) He despises his shyness.
(b) He despises his previous love for Kitty.
(c) He despises his inadequacies in helping the sick.
(d) He despises himself for wanting Kitty to die.

5. What work does Walter quote with his last words?
(a) A verse in St. John in the Bible.
(b) A Shakespearean sonnet.
(c) Goldsmith's Elegy.
(d) A Chinese proverb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kitty regard Waddington's frankness?

2. What vocation does Sister St. Joseph's family do in France?

3. When Kitty arrives at the convent to offer her services in Chapter 48, why is Mother Superior crying?

4. Why won't Walter initially allow Colonel Yu to send for Kitty in Chapter 62?

5. What job is Kitty given at the convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kitty describe the chapel at the convent?

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

3. When Kitty asks Waddington about immortality, what is his response?

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

5. How does Waddington describe Walter?

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

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

8. How does Kitty regard her indiscretion with Townsend?

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

10. How does Kitty describe her first impression of Waddington?

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