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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men enter the stadium as Jim climbs down the steps?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. Which of these is not something Jim carries with him to Nantao in his wooden box?
(a) The turtle.
(b) His Latin primer.
(c) An advertisement for a Packard.
(d) His cathedral school blazer.

3. Who does Jim see walking around the airfield from the assembly hall balcony at the end of Part 3, Chapter 36?
(a) The Japanese pilot.
(b) Lieutenant Price.
(c) Basie.
(d) Mr. Tulloch.

4. Who does Jim notice is not carrying any luggage as they leave Lunghua?
(a) Mr. Maxted.
(b) Mrs. Vincent.
(c) Mrs. Philips.
(d) Dr. Ransome.

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

6. Which of these people is not brought water by Jim in the stadium?
(a) Dr. Ransome.
(b) Mr. Maxted.
(c) Mrs. Vincent.
(d) Major Griffin.

7. What does Jim use to clean the can of Spam?
(a) His sleeve.
(b) A Pierrot costume.
(c) A parachute.
(d) The curtain from his cubicle.

8. What is taken from Jim at the end of Part 2, Chapter 31?
(a) His turtle.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His mess tin.
(d) His Latin book.

9. What magazine does Jim take from the cylinder to read?
(a) "Life."
(b) "Saturday Evening Post."
(c) "Reader's Digest."
(d) "Time."

10. Over what does Jim have to be refrained from fighting with a Japanese corporal?
(a) His "Reader's Digest."
(b) G Block's food cart.
(c) His golf shoes.
(d) The turtle.

11. What does Jim eat first after returning with his loot to his hiding place?
(a) Tuna fish.
(b) Powdered milk.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Spam.

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

13. To what building does Lieutenant Price take an unplanned detour on the way to Shanghai?
(a) Lunghua Pagoda.
(b) Hungjao.
(c) Nantao Stadium.
(d) The Bund.

14. What is the young pilot in the airfield carrying?
(a) A fence post.
(b) A sword.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A rifle.

15. What one thing do the Japanese soldiers at Lunghua continue to maintain despite the continuous air raids?
(a) The Zeros needed to fight the Americans.
(b) The runway.
(c) The hangar for the planes.
(d) Their patrols of the camp's perimeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Eurasian man pull from the trash?

2. How did the young Japanese kamikaze pilot die?

3. Who is killed in Part 3, Chapter 38?

4. What was the original purpose of the concrete stadium where the prisoners spend the night?

5. Where does Jim head to during Part 3, Chapter 40?

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