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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim sleep while back at Lunghua Camp?

2. What magazine does Jim take from the cylinder to read?

3. Which of these things is not something Jim sees in the presidential box of the stadium?

4. What does Mr. Tulloch tell Jim he wants to pick up before they drive on to Shanghai?

5. How many people are in the bandits' Buick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jim's opinion of "the real meaning of war" and how does it develop?

Essay Topic 2

What are Jim's views of death and how do they change over the course of the novel? Is he afraid of it? Or how does he feel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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