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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Jim read in one of the strange houses?
(a) "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
(b) "Through the Looking Glass."
(c) "The Wizard of Oz."
(d) "The Jungle Book."

2. What is Jim wearing in Part 2, Chapter 20, that was recently given to him by Dr. Ransome?
(a) A wool sweater.
(b) Golf shoes.
(c) A straw hat.
(d) A watch.

3. Who prevents Jim and his fellow prisoners from entering the second camp they visit?
(a) The Chinese army.
(b) Their driver.
(c) Other British prisoners.
(d) The Japanese military guards.

4. What is Jim's job with Frank and Basie?
(a) Being their lookout.
(b) Taking the portholes from the ships.
(c) Stealing food from the market.
(d) Polishing the brass portholes.

5. What does Jim tell Basie his father is really good at?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Golf.

6. In what Shanghai landmark is the detention center where Jim is held?
(a) The post office.
(b) The Palace Hotel.
(c) An elementary school.
(d) The open air cinema.

7. What is the name of the American planes Jim sees at Lunghua?
(a) Flying Flapjacks.
(b) Seattle Skyrockets.
(c) Brewster Buffaloes.
(d) Colorado Conestogas.

8. What has become the main currency of the camp?
(a) Coins.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Pens.
(d) Buttons.

9. Which of these is not a medicine Jim tells Basie is in Dr. Ransome's cabinet?
(a) Iodine.
(b) Penicillin.
(c) Mercurochrome.
(d) Suppositories.

10. How does Jim get into his house after leaving the hospital?
(a) He breaks a window.
(b) He has a key.
(c) Through an unlocked window.
(d) Through the garbage compactor.

11. In what place does this story open?
(a) Jim's family's car.
(b) Jim's school.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) Jim's home.

12. Through what bombed-out city does the truck of prisoners from the detention center travel on its way to the camp?
(a) Taipei.
(b) Woosung.
(c) Chapei.
(d) Tsingtao.

13. What does Jim have saved in his pocket for an emergency?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Matches.
(d) Coins.

14. Where does Jim sleep near the river?
(a) In the backseat of a taxi.
(b) On a bench.
(c) In a beached rowboat.
(d) In a hotel lobby.

15. Who is Vera?
(a) His father's secretary.
(b) The cook.
(c) The governess.
(d) A friend of his mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jim tell the Vincents is the best teacher?

2. What is in the middle of the overgrown field?

3. What is Jim's mother's costume for the party?

4. What do Jim and the other prisoners have to eat at the prison camp?

5. What possession of Mrs. Partridge's does Basie sell to Mrs. Blackburn?

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