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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jim have saved in his pocket for an emergency?
(a) Coins.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Matches.

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

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

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

8. What does Basie give Jim when he visits his cubicle the day of the air raid?
(a) A sweet potato.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) A new shirt.
(d) A watch.

9. Where does Jim sleep near the river?
(a) On a bench.
(b) In a beached rowboat.
(c) In the backseat of a taxi.
(d) In a hotel lobby.

10. Who is Vera?
(a) The cook.
(b) His father's secretary.
(c) A friend of his mother's.
(d) The governess.

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

12. Who is being held at the internment camp at St. Francis Xavier seminary?
(a) Chinese women and children.
(b) Military personnel.
(c) Orphans.
(d) British civilians.

13. What are the English couple who joins the prisoners carrying?
(a) A steamer trunk.
(b) A violin case.
(c) A wicker suitcase.
(d) Water jugs.

14. What does Jim tell Basie his father is really good at?
(a) Golf.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Swimming.

15. Whom does Jim tell Frank and Basie that he once met?
(a) Chiang Kai-shek.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) Wang Ching Wei.
(d) Madame Sun Yat-sen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not something Jim did for entertainment in his first year at Lunghua Camp?

2. How long has Jim been at Lunghua Camp when Part Two begins?

3. What book does Jim read in one of the strange houses?

4. What surprises Jim in the trench near the blockhouse?

5. What does Basie have a collection of in the shipyard?

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