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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Jim help Mrs. Blackburn?
(a) He fetches her water.
(b) He babysits her children.
(c) He helps with the fire.
(d) He washes out her mess tin for her.

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

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

6. Who is Yang?
(a) The chauffeur.
(b) His father's secretary.
(c) The governess.
(d) A friend of his father's.

7. What surprises Jim in the trench near the blockhouse?
(a) Another child.
(b) Japanese soldiers.
(c) A fallen kite.
(d) A dog.

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

9. What does Jim see when he is very hungry?
(a) Visions of full banquet tables.
(b) American aircraft.
(c) His old bedroom.
(d) His parents.

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

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

12. What has Dr. Ransome advised Jim to eat?
(a) Grass.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Any flies he can catch.
(d) The weevils in the wheat.

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

14. What is spilled on the floor of Jim's mother's room?
(a) Her jewelry case.
(b) Hairpins.
(c) Talcum powder.
(d) Perfume.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What sort of public execution does Jim witness on his way from the hospital to his home?

4. What person from his past has Jim met at the camp?

5. How does Jim get into the dentist's house?

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