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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what has Jim been dreaming lately?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Christmas presents.
(c) Being home in England.
(d) War.

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

3. What are the "streets" in Lunghua Camp named for?
(a) London landmarks.
(b) Famous authors.
(c) Shanghai streets.
(d) Foods.

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

5. Which of these is not one of the most common ailments at the camp hospital?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Heart infections.
(d) Malaria.

6. What does Frank have in the dinghy with him?
(a) Freshly caught fish.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Brass portholes.
(d) Cans of food.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim retrieve for Mr. Maxted from the Japanese soldiers?

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

3. Of what is the man Jim sits next to on the E Block steps dying?

4. In what does the Japanese soldier put water for the prisoners?

5. Who is Mr. Guerevitch?

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