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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Christopher behave the morning after Sarah's invitation?
(a) Christopher finds Akira and tells him he will be leaving Shanghai.
(b) Christopher behaves as though he is not leaving Shanghai.
(c) Christopher calls the police and lets them know he will be leaving Shanghai.
(d) Christopher calls Jennifer and tells her he will be leaving Shanghai.

2. What is Morgan's manner like when he and Christopher meet?
(a) Morgan is urgent in a nonchalant way.
(b) Morgan is fighting back tears.
(c) Morgan is scattered.
(d) Morgan is comfortable.

3. Who does Yellow Snake turn out to be?
(a) Christopher's father.
(b) Christopher's mother.
(c) Akira.
(d) Uncle Philip.

4. According to Sir Cecil, for what do people often mistake Sarah?
(a) An actress.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A princess.
(d) A harlot.

5. Where does Sarah ask Christopher to go with her?
(a) Macao.
(b) Majorca.
(c) Manilla.
(d) Morroco.

6. How does Christopher know when he has found the blind man's house?
(a) Christopher recognizes the house from his childhood.
(b) Christopher feels it intuitively.
(c) Christopher finds a board on the ground bearing the blind man's name.
(d) Christopher is told by a man in the street.

7. What killings does Christopher ask MacDonald about?
(a) The Black Bear Killings.
(b) The Green Lion Killings.
(c) The White Cobra Killings.
(d) The Yellow Snake Killings.

8. How is Christopher greeted at the police station?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) Luke-warmly
(c) Coldly.
(d) Warmly.

9. What is Sir Cecil's state of mind at the Lucky Chance Club?
(a) Sir Cecil is high on opium.
(b) Sir Cecil is very energetic.
(c) Sir Cecil is perfectly lucid.
(d) Sir Cecil is quite inebriated.

10. What does Sarah say is all part of what Shanghai's all about?
(a) Smoking opium.
(b) Being low-life.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) Living the high life.

11. What do the Japanese soldiers do with Christopher?
(a) The soldiers take Christopher to their camp and take care of him.
(b) The soldiers beat Christopher up.
(c) The soldiers arrest Christopher.
(d) The soldiers give Christopher a shot of whisky from a flask.

12. Where do Morgan and Christopher go?
(a) London.
(b) Christopher's old house.
(c) The city center.
(d) The Lucky Chance Club.

13. Where does Christopher meet Sarah on the day they are to leave?
(a) The Inn of Morning Happiness.
(b) A phonograph store.
(c) Nanking Road.
(d) The city center.

14. Who comes out of the house in question?
(a) Christopher's father.
(b) A withered old man.
(c) A six-year-old girl.
(d) A beautiful young woman.

15. How does Christopher's morning meeting with MacDonald go?
(a) Christopher is very late for the meeting.
(b) Christopher mishandles the meeting.
(c) The meeting goes swimmingly.
(d) Christopher detects a mysterious undertone to the meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jennifer at the end of the book?

2. Where does Christopher find Inspector Kung?

3. Who ends up knowing where the blind man lives?

4. What are Christopher's thoughts about Sarah at the end of the book?

5. What does Christopher apologize to Jennifer for?

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