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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dr. Ransome advised Jim to eat?

2. How does Jim help Mrs. Blackburn?

3. Who does Jim tell the Vincents is the best teacher?

4. What surprises Jim in the trench near the blockhouse?

5. What exam is Jim supposed to take the day the fighting starts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What jobs does Jim do for Basie?

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

3. Describe the stadium as Jim sees it in daylight.

4. Describe Jim's ride out of Lunghua.

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

6. What does Jim tell Frank and Basie about his parents?

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

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

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

10. What is annoying Jim during the march to Nantao?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the young kamikaze pilot? At what point in the story does he first appear? What does he represent to Jim?

Essay Topic 2

Using at least three examples, describe Jim's survival technique and how it transforms over the course of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Jim makes observations about the people of different nationalities; at one point, he compares the British people's apparent disdain for children to the Chinese people's enjoyment of them. Using at least three specific examples, discuss the veracity of Jim's comments.

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