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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 Frank have in the dinghy with him?
(a) Freshly caught fish.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Brass portholes.
(d) Cans of food.

2. What is Jim wearing in Part 2, Chapter 20, that was recently given to him by Dr. Ransome?
(a) Golf shoes.
(b) A watch.
(c) A wool sweater.
(d) A straw hat.

3. Which of these is not a medicine Jim tells Basie is in Dr. Ransome's cabinet?
(a) Iodine.
(b) Suppositories.
(c) Mercurochrome.
(d) Penicillin.

4. With whom does Jim speak on Dr. Lockwood's veranda?
(a) Mr. Maxted.
(b) Dr. Lockwood.
(c) Vera.
(d) One of the weeding women.

5. What book does Jim read in one of the strange houses?
(a) "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
(b) "The Wizard of Oz."
(c) "The Jungle Book."
(d) "Through the Looking Glass."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the truck of prisoners headed?

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

3. What are the "streets" in Lunghua Camp named for?

4. Where does Basie tell Jim the American planes have flown in from?

5. What is Dr. Ransome using to make insulation for the huts in camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jim end up in the truck bound for Woosung?

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

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

5. How did the prisoners react to the Japanese soldiers' withdrawal into the guardhouse?

6. Why doesn't Jim walk toward Shanghai?

7. Where does Jim sleep at Lunghua Camp?

8. What does Jim think of while lying on Mrs. Vincent's bunk?

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

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

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