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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is spilled on the floor of Jim's mother's room?

2. Why is Jim initially rejected from going to the prison camp?

3. What does Jim use to fertilize the garden?

4. What does Basie give Jim when he visits his cubicle the day of the air raid?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim do to pass the time in the empty houses where he stays?

2. What activity is taking place at Lunghua Camp when Jim first arrives?

3. What does Jim see just before he jumps from the blockhouse to retrieve his plane?

4. What does Jim think of his fellow prisoners from other countries?

5. What does Jim think is the real meaning of war?

6. What happens when Frank, Basie, and Jim drive into the western suburbs of Shanghai?

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

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

9. Why does Jim regret throwing his case into the river?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the evolution of Jim's belief in God over the course of the novel. Use at least three specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

At one point early in the novel, Jim realizes that kindness "counts for nothing." Using examples from the text, discuss whether this point is proved or disproved by the rest of the story.

Essay Topic 3

The Chinese people are an ever-present image throughout the novel. Using at least three examples, discuss the implications of their frequent appearance in the story. At what places and times are they most apparent? Why?

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