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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. Which ship sinks into the Yangtze during the fight?

2. What is being built at Lunghua Camp?

3. What is Jim's job with Frank and Basie?

4. Who are the Lunghua Sophomores?

5. What is spilled on the floor of Jim's mother's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Basie's cubicle.

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

3. What theory does Jim want to share with the Japanese?

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

5. What effects does the rumor that the Japanese will cut rations again have?

6. Why doesn't Jim walk toward Shanghai?

7. Describe Jim's ride out of Lunghua.

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

9. Where does Jim sleep at Lunghua Camp?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the evolution of Jim's belief in God over the course of the novel. Use at least three specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

Which method of survival, Dr. Ransome's or Basie's, is more effective? Defend your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, discuss Jim's belief that there will be, and in fact is, a "next war." What is it, and where?

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