Empire of the Sun Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Empire of the Sun Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of these is not a task assigned to Jim by Basie?
(a) Washing Basie's shirts.
(b) Mending Basie's socks.
(c) Boiling Basie's drinking water.
(d) Fetching Basie's rations.

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

5. Who is put in charge of the prisoners' evening meal?
(a) Basie.
(b) Mrs. Hug.
(c) Dr. Ransome.
(d) Jim.

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

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

8. What kind of homework is Jim doing for Dr. Ransome when the air-raid siren goes off?
(a) Latin.
(b) Math.
(c) French.
(d) Writing an essay.

9. What film is playing at the Cathay Theater?
(a) "The Wizard of Oz."
(b) "Gone With the Wind."
(c) "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
(d) "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."

10. Where is the truck of prisoners headed?
(a) Nagasaki.
(b) Woosung.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Beijing.

11. How long was Jim in prison?
(a) One week.
(b) One night.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

12. Who are the Lunghua Sophomores?
(a) A group of young men who would be sophomores in college.
(b) The block leaders.
(c) A softball team.
(d) A singing group of women.

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

14. What does Basie have a collection of in the shipyard?
(a) Gold teeth.
(b) Diamond rings.
(c) Tires.
(d) Guns.

15. What is Jim's father's costume for the party?
(a) A fireman.
(b) A pirate.
(c) A prince.
(d) A clown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Jim tell Frank and Basie that he once met?

2. What does Jim's family's car run over on its way to the party?

3. What does Jim take from the swimming pool?

4. Where does Jim sleep near the river?

5. What is Dr. Ransome using to make insulation for the huts in camp?

(see the answer keys)

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