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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jim find to eat in the dentist's house?
(a) Raisins.
(b) Condensed milk.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Pickles.

4. How does Jim get into the dentist's house?
(a) He breaks a window.
(b) The door is unlocked.
(c) There is an open window in the basement.
(d) He crawls in through the air conditioning vents.

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

6. What book does Jim read in one of the strange houses?
(a) "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
(b) "Through the Looking Glass."
(c) "The Jungle Book."
(d) "The Wizard of Oz."

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

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

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

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

11. Who does Jim tell the Vincents is the best teacher?
(a) Basie.
(b) Mr. Maxted.
(c) Dr. Ransome.
(d) The university of life.

12. Which of these is not a medicine Jim tells Basie is in Dr. Ransome's cabinet?
(a) Mercurochrome.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Suppositories.
(d) Penicillin.

13. What has become the main currency of the camp?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Pens.
(d) Coins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the truck of prisoners headed?

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

3. What has Dr. Ransome advised Jim to eat?

4. Where is Jim during Chapter 5?

5. What does Jim take from the swimming pool?

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