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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 person from his past has Jim met at the camp?

2. How long was Jim in prison?

3. What is the meaning of the shrill whistle Jim hears at the detention center?

4. Which of these is not a picture Jim has hanging on his wall?

5. What does Jim tell Basie his father is really good at?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Jim walk toward Shanghai?

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

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

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

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

6. How is Jim being used by Basie's gang of bandits?

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

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

9. What convinces Jim that the war is actually over?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Chinese people are an ever-present image throughout the novel. Using at least three examples, discuss the implications of their frequent appearance in the story. At what places and times are they most apparent? Why?

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss the reasons Jim returns repeatedly to Lunghua.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of this statement: "He had learned that having someone to care for was the same as being cared for by someone else."

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