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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of airplane drops the parachutes?
(a) A Mustang.
(b) A Spitfire.
(c) A Zero.
(d) A Superfortress.

2. What country's planes are circling overhead near the end of Part 3, Chapter 41?
(a) China.
(b) United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Japan.

3. Which of these statements is not true of Mr. Tulloch?
(a) He is wearing a pistol and guarding the Lunghua gates the day the rations drop.
(b) He is American.
(c) He spent the war at Lunghua Camp.
(d) He is the chief mechanic at Packard in Shanghai.

4. What does Jim use to clean the can of Spam?
(a) The curtain from his cubicle.
(b) His sleeve.
(c) A Pierrot costume.
(d) A parachute.

5. To whom does Jim give water while they are resting by the checkpoint?
(a) Dr. Ransome.
(b) Mrs. Vincent.
(c) Mr. Maxted.
(d) Mrs. Philips.

6. What does Jim see the American and British sailors do on the steps of the Shanghai Club?
(a) Sing the American national anthem.
(b) Urinate.
(c) Moon the crowd.
(d) Perform a short dance to "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

7. What does the Eurasian man tell Jim ended the war?
(a) Hitler's surrender.
(b) A huge naval battle between Japan and America.
(c) Russia's taking of China.
(d) The atom bombs.

8. From where does Jim get water in the stadium?
(a) The river outside of the stadium.
(b) It collected in his shoe overnight.
(c) One of the Japanese soldiers.
(d) A puddle on the track.

9. Which of these is not something carried out of camp by a Japanese soldier?
(a) Sneakers.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) Hockey sticks.
(d) A gramophone.

10. Whose bunk does Jim lie down in to read a magazine after helping the Britishers unpack the canisters?
(a) Mrs. Vincent's.
(b) His own.
(c) Basie's.
(d) Mr. Maxted's.

11. What does Jim see on the road by a burned out ammunition truck on the road to Nantao?
(a) His turtle.
(b) A dead Chinese peasant.
(c) A sack of potatoes.
(d) Other prisoners' luggage.

12. What happens when Jim tries to place some Spam into the pilot's mouth?
(a) The pilot swallows it and asks for more.
(b) The pilot bites his finger.
(c) He drops the Spam into the canal.
(d) The pilot chokes on it.

13. What does Basie show Jim at the end of Part 3, Chapter 39?
(a) The American Navy ships.
(b) A fire burning on a nearby mountain.
(c) A Japanese plane flying over Lunghua.
(d) The ammunition they stole from the Chinese village.

14. What is Jim's reward for helping the Britishers unpack the canisters of rations?
(a) Three cans of powdered milk.
(b) A parachute.
(c) A chocolate bar.
(d) A can of Spam.

15. What battle is Jim looking at a picture of while he waits for Price and Mr. Tulloch?
(a) The Bulge.
(b) Iwo Jima.
(c) Guadalcanal.
(d) Okinawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country's uniforms are the soldiers who fire on the Communist village dressed?

2. What kind of animal's carcass does Jim peer into on his walk back to Lunghua?

3. What does Mrs. Philips give to Jim while they are resting by the checkpoint?

4. What is in the canisters dropped from planes in Part 3, Chapter 40?

5. What kind of vehicle arrives at Lunghua on Jim's third day back?

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