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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose bunk does Jim lie down in to read a magazine after helping the Britishers unpack the canisters?
(a) Mrs. Vincent's.
(b) His own.
(c) Basie's.
(d) Mr. Maxted's.

2. Whom does Jim run into at the end of Part 3, Chapter 41?
(a) Vera.
(b) Dr. Ransome.
(c) Basie.
(d) Mrs. Vincent.

3. Who urges Jim to get up when the procession leaves the checkpoint?
(a) Dr. Ransome.
(b) A Japanese soldier.
(c) Mr. Maxted.
(d) Mrs. Philips.

4. Who does Jim meet up with at the end of Part 3, Chapter 38?
(a) Dr. Ransome.
(b) His father.
(c) Basie.
(d) His mother.

5. How did the young Japanese kamikaze pilot die?
(a) He was beaten to death.
(b) He starved to death.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was bayoneted.

6. Why does Lieutenant Price reopen the gates?
(a) To steal Jim's shoes.
(b) To let Jim into Lunghua.
(c) To take Jim's Spam.
(d) To give Jim some chocolate.

7. What has been set up in downtown Shanghai since the end of the war?
(a) A memorial for the Chinese soldiers who died fighting.
(b) Three cinema screens.
(c) An American football field.
(d) A shantytown for refugees.

8. What does the pilot hand to Jim?
(a) A mango.
(b) A potato.
(c) An apple.
(d) An orange.

9. What is Jim's reward for helping the Britishers unpack the canisters of rations?
(a) Three cans of powdered milk.
(b) A parachute.
(c) A can of Spam.
(d) A chocolate bar.

10. What does Jim see on the road by a burned out ammunition truck on the road to Nantao?
(a) A dead Chinese peasant.
(b) Other prisoners' luggage.
(c) A sack of potatoes.
(d) His turtle.

11. What kind of animal's carcass does Jim peer into on his walk back to Lunghua?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dog.
(c) A pig.
(d) A cow.

12. What does Lieutenant Price deliberately drive into on the road?
(a) A Japanese soldier's body.
(b) A parachute.
(c) A dead water buffalo.
(d) A motorcycle.

13. What does Jim find in the canal outside the airfield?
(a) A tennis racket.
(b) The body of a Japanese soldier.
(c) A cylinder of relief rations.
(d) His turtle.

14. Into what magazine does Basie tell Jim he will get his picture?
(a) "McCall's."
(b) "Reader's Digest."
(c) "Time."
(d) "Life."

15. What building does Jim try to enter at the end of Part 3, Chapter 41?
(a) Lunghua Airfield's watchtower.
(b) His Amherst Avenue home.
(c) The Lunghua Camp hospital.
(d) Nantao Stadium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Philips give to Jim while they are resting by the checkpoint?

2. Over what does Jim have to be refrained from fighting with a Japanese corporal?

3. Who urges Jim and Mr. Maxted to keep moving when they are sitting?

4. What does Basie show Jim at the end of Part 3, Chapter 39?

5. How long have Jim and Mr. Maxted been in the food line at the start of Part 2, Chapter 28?

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