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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim watch from the roof of the truck?
(a) A squadron of American planes.
(b) The Chinese laborers work.
(c) A Japanese freighter.
(d) Two birds in a tree.

2. What does Basie give Jim when he visits his cubicle the day of the air raid?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) A new shirt.
(c) A watch.
(d) A sweet potato.

3. What does Dr. Ransome want to buy from the Japanese at the camp?
(a) A radio.
(b) A cow.
(c) A goat.
(d) A newspaper.

4. Where is the truck of prisoners headed?
(a) Nagasaki.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Woosung.

5. What does Jim's family's car run over on its way to the party?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) A beggar's foot.
(d) A jacket.

6. What is being built at Lunghua Camp?
(a) An airplane hangar.
(b) An underground bunker.
(c) A runway.
(d) A hospital.

7. Of what has Jim been dreaming lately?
(a) Being home in England.
(b) War.
(c) Christmas presents.
(d) Airplanes.

8. How long was Jim in prison?
(a) One night.
(b) One week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

9. What does Jim use to fertilize the garden?
(a) Human sewage.
(b) Cow manure.
(c) Fertilizer granules.
(d) Composted garbage.

10. How does the truck Jim is in cross Soochow Creek?
(a) On a ferry.
(b) Over the new bridge.
(c) It is driven through a shallow part of the creek.
(d) It is pushed by Japanese soldiers.

11. How does Jim get into the dentist's house?
(a) There is an open window in the basement.
(b) He crawls in through the air conditioning vents.
(c) The door is unlocked.
(d) He breaks a window.

12. What does Jim see when he is very hungry?
(a) His parents.
(b) His old bedroom.
(c) Visions of full banquet tables.
(d) American aircraft.

13. Who joins Jim at the detention center?
(a) Basie.
(b) Mr. Maxted.
(c) His mother.
(d) Frank.

14. What kind of homework is Jim doing for Dr. Ransome when the air-raid siren goes off?
(a) Writing an essay.
(b) Math.
(c) Latin.
(d) French.

15. How long has Jim been at Lunghua Camp when Part Two begins?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank have in the dinghy with him?

3. What is the name of the British ship anchored near the hotel?

4. Who is Vera?

5. Which of these is not a medicine Jim tells Basie is in Dr. Ransome's cabinet?

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