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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 12 | Part 1, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the American ship anchored near the hotel?
(a) The Petrel.
(b) The Wake.
(c) The Idzumo.
(d) The Emilio Carlotta.

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

3. What is in the ditch at the southern end of the airfield?
(a) Shot-out targets.
(b) A plane's fuselage.
(c) A cannon.
(d) The hull of a submarine.

4. Why does Jim's father leave the car?
(a) To help rescue the drowning sailors.
(b) To clear a path through the crowd.
(c) To buy a newspaper.
(d) To retrieve something he left in the hotel.

5. Who is Mr. Guerevitch?
(a) A man who works for his father.
(b) The doorman at the Maxteds' apartment building.
(c) The caretaker for the Shell Company compound.
(d) One of his friend's fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the middle of the overgrown field?

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

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

4. In what place does this story open?

5. What is taken from Jim on his way from the hospital to his home?

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