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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 16 | Part 1, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is spilled on the floor of Jim's mother's room?
(a) Hairpins.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Talcum powder.
(d) Her jewelry case.

2. What does Basie trade at the market for fish and rice?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Japanese coins.
(c) Portholes.
(d) Jim's watch.

3. What does Dr. Ransome want to buy from the Japanese at the camp?
(a) A radio.
(b) A goat.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A cow.

4. What is Jim's job with Frank and Basie?
(a) Taking the portholes from the ships.
(b) Stealing food from the market.
(c) Polishing the brass portholes.
(d) Being their lookout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom does Jim become dependent for his food?

2. What film is playing at the Cathay Theater?

3. Through what bombed-out city does the truck of prisoners from the detention center travel on its way to the camp?

4. How does Jim get into his house after leaving the hospital?

5. What book does Jim read in one of the strange houses?

(see the answer key)

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