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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. With whom does Jim speak on Dr. Lockwood's veranda?
(a) Vera.
(b) Dr. Lockwood.
(c) Mr. Maxted.
(d) One of the weeding women.

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

3. How does Jim help Mrs. Blackburn?
(a) He babysits her children.
(b) He helps with the fire.
(c) He fetches her water.
(d) He washes out her mess tin for her.

4. 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 jacket.
(d) A beggar's foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Jim in the trench near the blockhouse?

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

3. Of what is the man Jim sits next to on the E Block steps dying?

4. What does Jim have saved in his pocket for an emergency?

5. What does Jim watch from the roof of the truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jim hide from in the wild rice?

2. What has Jim's return to Shanghai after the war been like?

3. What theory does Jim want to share with the Japanese?

4. What jobs does Jim do for Basie?

5. Why does Jim put his wooden crate into the water?

6. What does Jim believe the public execution of the Chinese coolie is intended to prove?

7. What does Jim learn about the war from the Eurasian man?

8. How did the prisoners react to the Japanese soldiers' withdrawal into the guardhouse?

9. Why is there fighting still going on around Shanghai?

10. Why does Jim think the Japanese army is after him in Part 1, Chapter 5?

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