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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. What does Jim find to eat in the dentist's house?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Raisins.
(c) Condensed milk.
(d) Pickles.

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

3. Which of these is not a picture Jim has hanging on his wall?
(a) A crashed Heinkel bomber.
(b) St. Paul's on fire.
(c) The H.M.S. Petrel.
(d) A Packard motorcar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim tell Basie his father is really good at?

2. Why does Jim's father leave the car?

3. What is Jim's job with Frank and Basie?

4. What kind of homework is Jim doing for Dr. Ransome when the air-raid siren goes off?

5. With whom does Jim speak on Dr. Lockwood's veranda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim spend his three days back at Lunghua Camp?

2. What does Jim find at the hospital on his return to Lunghua?

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

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

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

6. What happens when the truck of prisoners arrives at the second internment camp?

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

8. How does Jim end up in the truck bound for Woosung?

9. How does Jim try to save Mr. Maxted?

10. How does Jim spend the three days he waits at home for his parents?

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