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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country's uniforms are the soldiers who fire on the Communist village dressed?
(a) United States.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) Korea.

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

3. 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.

4. Which of these things is not something Jim sees in the presidential box of the stadium?
(a) Refrigerators.
(b) Statues of nymphs.
(c) Cocktail bars.
(d) A roulette wheel.

5. From where does Jim get water in the stadium?
(a) It collected in his shoe overnight.
(b) One of the Japanese soldiers.
(c) A puddle on the track.
(d) The river outside of the stadium.

6. For what do the Britishers trade a parachute and some cigarettes?
(a) Scotch whiskey.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Fresh milk.
(d) Rice wine.

7. Where does Jim head to during Part 3, Chapter 40?
(a) Lunghua.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Pootung.
(d) Nantao Stadium.

8. On what does Mr. Maxted sit to rest in the approaches to Nantao?
(a) The ground.
(b) A tree stump.
(c) The stone foundation of a bombed-out house.
(d) The running board of a bombed vehicle.

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

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

11. What causes Jim to vomit?
(a) Spam.
(b) Powdered milk.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) A cigarette.

12. Who has Jim learned is dead since returning to Shanghai?
(a) Vera.
(b) Mrs. Vincent.
(c) Basie.
(d) Dr. Ransome.

13. What kind of plane does Jim try to hide in from the pilot?
(a) A Hayate.
(b) A Mustang.
(c) A Spitfire.
(d) A Zero.

14. What does Jim do to help himself fall asleep in the stadium?
(a) Recite the Lord's Prayer.
(b) Count sheep.
(c) Recite poems to himself.
(d) Conjugate Latin verbs.

15. Which of these people does Jim decide he will not raise from the dead?
(a) Basie.
(b) Mrs. Vincent.
(c) Dr. Ransome.
(d) Lieutenant Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the vehicle that arrives on Jim's third day back?

2. Which of these is not something carried out of camp by a Japanese soldier?

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

4. What does Jim see on the road by a burned out ammunition truck on the road to Nantao?

5. How long is it between Jim's return to Amherst Avenue and his departure for England?

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