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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is shot as Jim is carrying his loot back to his hiding place?
(a) The young pilot.
(b) A British prisoner.
(c) Basie.
(d) Private Kimura.

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

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

5. What country's planes are circling overhead near the end of Part 3, Chapter 41?
(a) Germany.
(b) United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

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

7. Into what type of plane's cockpit does Jim look?
(a) A Spitfire.
(b) A Mustang.
(c) A Hayate.
(d) A Zero.

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

9. How long is it between Jim's return to Amherst Avenue and his departure for England?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

10. To whom does Jim give water while they are resting by the checkpoint?
(a) Mrs. Vincent.
(b) Mr. Maxted.
(c) Mrs. Philips.
(d) Dr. Ransome.

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

12. Which of these people calls Jim "Jamie"?
(a) Mrs. Vincent.
(b) Dr. Ransome.
(c) Private Kimura.
(d) Major Griffin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is in the canisters dropped from planes in Part 3, Chapter 40?

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

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

5. What battle is Jim looking at a picture of while he waits for Price and Mr. Tulloch?

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