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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim see on the road by a burned out ammunition truck on the road to Nantao?
(a) A dead Chinese peasant.
(b) A sack of potatoes.
(c) Other prisoners' luggage.
(d) His turtle.

2. Who is being held at the internment camp at St. Francis Xavier seminary?
(a) Orphans.
(b) Chinese women and children.
(c) Military personnel.
(d) British civilians.

3. What is the meaning of the shrill whistle Jim hears at the detention center?
(a) It's an air raid siren.
(b) The sergeant is calling a roll call.
(c) Someone is trying to escape.
(d) It is time for their meal.

4. Who are the Lunghua Sophomores?
(a) A group of young men who would be sophomores in college.
(b) The block leaders.
(c) A singing group of women.
(d) A softball team.

5. Which of these is not a medicine Jim tells Basie is in Dr. Ransome's cabinet?
(a) Iodine.
(b) Mercurochrome.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Suppositories.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what Shanghai landmark is the detention center where Jim is held?

2. What has become the main currency of the camp?

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

4. Which of these is not something Jim carries with him to Nantao in his wooden box?

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

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