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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 magazine does Basie lend to Jim?

2. In what place does this story open?

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

4. What does Dr. Ransome want to buy from the Japanese at the camp?

5. What do Jim and the other prisoners have to eat at the prison camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there fighting still going on around Shanghai?

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

3. Describe the pilot Jim meets at Lunghua.

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

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

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

7. Why are the Japanese having their gates and fences reinforced?

8. Describe Basie's cubicle.

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

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

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

In what ways does Jim identify more with the Japanese than with his fellow prisoners?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Jim's reaction to violence changes over the course of the novel, both violence that he witnesses and experiences.

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