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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. What does Jim take from the swimming pool?
(a) One of Vera's hairclips.
(b) A toy soldier.
(c) A coin.
(d) His mother's sunglasses.

2. Where does Jim go after finding Japanese soldiers at his home?
(a) To stay with Mr. Guerevitch.
(b) The Maxteds' apartment.
(c) The Palace Hotel.
(d) His father's office.

3. How long was Jim in prison?
(a) One night.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Three days.

4. What magazine does Basie lend to Jim?
(a) "Popular Mechanics."
(b) "Collier's."
(c) "Life."
(d) "Reader's Digest."

5. Where does Jim sleep near the river?
(a) In the backseat of a taxi.
(b) In a beached rowboat.
(c) On a bench.
(d) In a hotel lobby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Yang?

2. Of what is the man Jim sits next to on the E Block steps dying?

3. Who searches for Jim after the air raid?

4. Who are the Lunghua Sophomores?

5. What does Dr. Ransome give Jim to give to Basie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Jim's ride out of Lunghua.

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

4. What activity is taking place at Lunghua Camp when Jim first arrives?

5. What does Jim find at the end of Part 3, Chapter 40?

6. What is Jim's fascination with Vera's parents?

7. What does Jim do to pass the time in the empty houses where he stays?

8. How does Jim spend his three days back at Lunghua Camp?

9. Why is Jim so affected by the sight of the dead kamikaze pilot?

10. What has Jim's return to Shanghai after the war been like?

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