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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jim during Chapter 5?
(a) School.
(b) The hotel.
(c) Home.
(d) The hospital.

2. What has Dr. Ransome advised Jim to eat?
(a) Any flies he can catch.
(b) Caterpillars.
(c) Grass.
(d) The weevils in the wheat.

3. What surprises Jim in the trench near the blockhouse?
(a) Another child.
(b) A dog.
(c) A fallen kite.
(d) Japanese soldiers.

4. Who joins Jim at the detention center?
(a) His mother.
(b) Basie.
(c) Mr. Maxted.
(d) Frank.

5. What kinds of planes attack the camp?
(a) Mustangs.
(b) Spitfires.
(c) Hayates.
(d) Zeros.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jim initially rejected from going to the prison camp?

2. Who is put in charge of the prisoners' evening meal?

3. What kind of homework is Jim doing for Dr. Ransome when the air-raid siren goes off?

4. Where does Jim go after finding Japanese soldiers at his home?

5. What does Jim watch from the roof of the truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim find when he returns to Lunghua from his parents' house?

2. Why is Jim so excited about the prospect of being in "Life" magazine?

3. What does Jim believe the public execution of the Chinese coolie is intended to prove?

4. Where does Jim go when he jumps out of his family's car as they are trying to leave the hotel?

5. Why does Jim not abandon his belongings with many of the other prisoners'?

6. What happens to Jim when he returns to the truck outside of Nantao?

7. Describe the pilot Jim meets at Lunghua.

8. What cheers Jim as he walks to the Lunghua Camp?

9. How does Jim make the Japanese soldiers at the railway line laugh?

10. Why did Jim quit the cubs?

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