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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jim go after finding Japanese soldiers at his home?
(a) The Maxteds' apartment.
(b) To stay with Mr. Guerevitch.
(c) The Palace Hotel.
(d) His father's office.

2. How does the truck Jim is in cross Soochow Creek?
(a) It is pushed by Japanese soldiers.
(b) On a ferry.
(c) Over the new bridge.
(d) It is driven through a shallow part of the creek.

3. What are the "streets" in Lunghua Camp named for?
(a) Shanghai streets.
(b) London landmarks.
(c) Foods.
(d) Famous authors.

4. In what Shanghai landmark is the detention center where Jim is held?
(a) The post office.
(b) An elementary school.
(c) The Palace Hotel.
(d) The open air cinema.

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

6. How long has Jim been at Lunghua Camp when Part Two begins?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

7. Which of these is not something Jim did for entertainment in his first year at Lunghua Camp?
(a) Helped to copy parts for "Macbeth."
(b) Acted in a play.
(c) Attended lectures.
(d) Moved scenery for "Pirates of Penzance."

8. Which of these is not a picture Jim has hanging on his wall?
(a) A Packard motorcar.
(b) The H.M.S. Petrel.
(c) A crashed Heinkel bomber.
(d) St. Paul's on fire.

9. What does Jim take from the swimming pool?
(a) His mother's sunglasses.
(b) One of Vera's hairclips.
(c) A coin.
(d) A toy soldier.

10. What does Jim watch from the roof of the truck?
(a) Two birds in a tree.
(b) A squadron of American planes.
(c) A Japanese freighter.
(d) The Chinese laborers work.

11. Of what has Jim been dreaming lately?
(a) Christmas presents.
(b) War.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Being home in England.

12. How does Jim get into the dentist's house?
(a) There is an open window in the basement.
(b) He crawls in through the air conditioning vents.
(c) He breaks a window.
(d) The door is unlocked.

13. From what country does Basie tell Jim some of the pilots were?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Luxembourg.
(d) Brazil.

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

15. Through what bombed-out city does the truck of prisoners from the detention center travel on its way to the camp?
(a) Woosung.
(b) Taipei.
(c) Tsingtao.
(d) Chapei.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not a task assigned to Jim by Basie?

2. In what place does this story open?

3. Who searches for Jim after the air raid?

4. What possession of Mrs. Partridge's does Basie sell to Mrs. Blackburn?

5. Who is Mr. Guerevitch?

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