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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of game did Dr. Ransome organize the previous winter?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Soccer.
(c) American football.
(d) Baseball.

3. What kinds of planes attack the camp?
(a) Mustangs.
(b) Hayates.
(c) Spitfires.
(d) Zeros.

4. What is in the middle of the overgrown field?
(a) A piece of a plane.
(b) A toolshed.
(c) Horses.
(d) A burial mound.

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

6. What does Private Kimura hold up in the creek to show his fellow soldier?
(a) A child's toy.
(b) A fish.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A piece of a plane.

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

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

9. How does Jim help Mrs. Blackburn?
(a) He fetches her water.
(b) He helps with the fire.
(c) He washes out her mess tin for her.
(d) He babysits her children.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Jim use to fertilize the garden?
(a) Cow manure.
(b) Fertilizer granules.
(c) Composted garbage.
(d) Human sewage.

15. Where is Jim during Chapter 5?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The hotel.
(c) School.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basie trade at the market for fish and rice?

2. Why does Jim's father leave the car?

3. Who searches for Jim after the air raid?

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

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

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