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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 Uncle Philip and Christopher reach the city center?
(a) In a motorcar.
(b) On foot.
(c) In a carriage.
(d) On bicycles.

2. How does Christopher describe the atmosphere at breakfast on the days of the campaign meetings.
(a) Odd.
(b) Excited.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Pleased.

3. How does Akira respond when Christopher asks him if he will have to go and live in Japan?
(a) Akira says he will stay in Shanghai forever.
(b) Akira says he will go to Japan in one year.
(c) Akira says he will go to Japan in two years.
(d) Akira says he will got to Japan in four years.

4. What is Lady Beaton's first reaction to Christopher's proposal that he adopt Jennifer?
(a) Lady Beaton laughs out loud.
(b) Lady Beaton recoils with suspicion.
(c) Lady Beaton immediately says yes.
(d) Lady Beaton immediately leaves Christopher's presence.

5. Who does Uncle Philip say "is about as English as they come?"
(a) Christopher.
(b) Philip himself.
(c) Christopher's mother.
(d) Christopher's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Christopher's friends give him for his fourteenth birthday?

2. On what day do Akira and Christopher enter Ling Tien's room?

3. Where does Akira go at the end of the summer?

4. How does Christopher get back to his house?

5. What does Christopher discover when he returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the visit of the health inspector to Christopher's home in Shanghai.

2. How does Uncle Philip set the stage for Christopher's mother's abduction?

3. What happens to Christopher and Sarah at David Corbett's luncheon on Lower Regent Street?

4. Describe the game Christopher and Akira invent.

5. Where is Charles Emery's body found?

6. What is the "dining room episode?"

7. How does Christopher spend his time in the summer of 1923?

8. How is Christopher and Akira's friendship when Akira returns from Japan?

9. How does Christopher receive his magnifying glass?

10. How does Christopher feel about Akira the summer prior to his friend's leaving for school in Nagasaki?

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