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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. Why does Jim's father leave the car?

2. Where does Jim sleep near the river?

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

4. What homework does Dr. Ransome give Jim at the end of Part 2, Chapter 25?

5. How does Jim get into the dentist's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Jim go when he jumps out of his family's car as they are trying to leave the hotel?

3. What does Jim learn from reading the magazines dropped by the Americans?

4. Describe the stadium as Jim sees it in daylight.

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

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

7. Why is Jim so affected by the sight of the dead kamikaze pilot?

8. What happens to Jim when he returns to the truck outside of Nantao?

9. How does Jim get his shoes back?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the development and meaning of the image of flies through the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is meant by the phrase, "even a few steps across a small room generated a separate war"? To whom is this phrase first applied and why?

Essay Topic 3

Using at least three examples, describe Jim's survival technique and how it transforms over the course of the story.

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