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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim retrieve for Mr. Maxted from the Japanese soldiers?
(a) Bits of soap.
(b) Cigarette butts.
(c) Paper scraps.
(d) Bottle caps.

2. What has Dr. Ransome advised Jim to eat?
(a) The weevils in the wheat.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Grass.
(d) Any flies he can catch.

3. What do Jim and the other prisoners have to eat at the prison camp?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Apples.
(c) Rice.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

4. What exam is Jim supposed to take the day the fighting starts?
(a) History.
(b) Math.
(c) Scripture.
(d) Spelling.

5. Who takes Jim's bicycle from him?
(a) Japanese soldiers.
(b) The Maxteds' building's manager.
(c) A Chinese shopkeeper.
(d) Mr. Guerevitch.

6. In what place does this story open?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) Jim's family's car.
(c) Jim's school.
(d) Jim's home.

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

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

9. What is destroyed on the parade ground before the Chinese coolie is killed?
(a) His rickshaw.
(b) A pile of books.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His chess set.

10. What does Jim's family's car run over on its way to the party?
(a) A beggar's foot.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A squirrel.

11. Who does Jim tell the Vincents is the best teacher?
(a) Basie.
(b) Dr. Ransome.
(c) The university of life.
(d) Mr. Maxted.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Basie lend to Jim?

2. Who is Vera?

3. What does Private Kimura hold up in the creek to show his fellow soldier?

4. Where is the truck of prisoners headed?

5. What does Jim see when he is very hungry?

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