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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 is Jim's mother's costume for the party?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A princess.
(c) A pierrot.
(d) A shepherdess.

2. Who is put in charge of the prisoners' evening meal?
(a) Basie.
(b) Dr. Ransome.
(c) Mrs. Hug.
(d) Jim.

3. Which of these is not a task assigned to Jim by Basie?
(a) Washing Basie's shirts.
(b) Fetching Basie's rations.
(c) Mending Basie's socks.
(d) Boiling Basie's drinking water.

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

5. What is Dr. Ransome using to make insulation for the huts in camp?
(a) Aluminum foil.
(b) Rubber tubing.
(c) Cotton balls.
(d) Melted wax.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Basie trade at the market for fish and rice?

4. What does Jim's family's car run over on its way to the party?

5. What does Jim have saved in his pocket for an emergency?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of education is Dr. Ransom giving Jim?

2. What happens when Frank, Basie, and Jim drive into the western suburbs of Shanghai?

3. Who does Jim hide from in the wild rice?

4. What appears at the gates to Lunghua Camp on Jim's third day back?

5. What changes does Jim notice in Shanghai when he ventures back out from the Maxteds' apartment?

6. What does Jim think of his fellow prisoners from other countries?

7. Describe Jim's trip home from the Cathedral.

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

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

10. Describe the pilot Jim meets at Lunghua.

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