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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what does the Japanese soldier put water for the prisoners?
(a) A Coca-Cola bottle.
(b) A mess tin.
(c) A coffee cup.
(d) His canteen.

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

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

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

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

6. Who prevents Jim and his fellow prisoners from entering the second camp they visit?
(a) The Japanese military guards.
(b) Other British prisoners.
(c) The Chinese army.
(d) Their driver.

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

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

9. Where does Basie tell Jim the American planes have flown in from?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Guam.
(c) California.
(d) Thailand.

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

11. Which ship sinks into the Yangtze during the fight?
(a) The Petrel.
(b) The Idzumo.
(c) The Emilio Carlotta.
(d) The Wake.

12. What does Dr. Ransome want to buy from the Japanese at the camp?
(a) A goat.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A radio.
(d) A cow.

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

14. What is taken from Jim on his way from the hospital to his home?
(a) His money.
(b) His cap.
(c) His watch.
(d) His shoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of planes attack the camp?

2. Who is Vera?

3. Through what bombed-out city does the truck of prisoners from the detention center travel on its way to the camp?

4. What homework does Dr. Ransome give Jim at the end of Part 2, Chapter 25?

5. What does Frank have in the dinghy with him?

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