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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of plane has fallen into a lagoon near the causeway?
(a) A Mustang.
(b) A Spitfire.
(c) A B-29.
(d) A Zero.

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

4. What does the Eurasian man offer Jim in exchange for the prisoners' jewelry?
(a) Rice.
(b) Security.
(c) A ride into Shanghai.
(d) Potatoes.

5. What is falling from the sky when Jim awakes at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 32?
(a) Snow.
(b) Ashes.
(c) Rain.
(d) Hail.

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

7. What country's bombers do Jim and Basie watch drop silver canisters at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 40?
(a) Britain.
(b) Japan.
(c) United States.
(d) China.

8. Which of these is not something Jim sees in the cylinder?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) "Life."
(d) Peanut butter.

9. What has Jim been doing frequently since returning to Shanghai?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Riding his bicycle around the city.
(c) Going to the movies.
(d) Visiting Lunghua.

10. What type of airplane drops the parachutes?
(a) A Spitfire.
(b) A Superfortress.
(c) A Mustang.
(d) A Zero.

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

12. What kind of vehicle arrives at Lunghua on Jim's third day back?
(a) A military tank.
(b) A Jeep.
(c) A Cadillac.
(d) An Opel truck.

13. Where is Jim headed at the end of Part 3, Chapter 37?
(a) Woosung.
(b) Soochow.
(c) Nantao.
(d) Shanghai.

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

15. Which of these statements is not true of Mr. Tulloch?
(a) He spent the war at Lunghua Camp.
(b) He is wearing a pistol and guarding the Lunghua gates the day the rations drop.
(c) He is the chief mechanic at Packard in Shanghai.
(d) He is American.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim prevent Basie from shooting from the car?

3. Whose bunk does Jim lie down in to read a magazine after helping the Britishers unpack the canisters?

4. Into what type of plane's cockpit does Jim look?

5. For how long does Jim follow the pilot?

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