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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. Who joins Jim at the detention center?

2. Who is Yang?

3. What has become the main currency of the camp?

4. Who is put in charge of the prisoners' evening meal?

5. Through what bombed-out city does the truck of prisoners from the detention center travel on its way to the camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jim think is the real meaning of war?

3. Describe Basie's cubicle.

4. What jobs does Jim do for Basie?

5. Where does Jim sleep at Lunghua Camp?

6. What does Jim find at the end of Part 3, Chapter 40?

7. How does Jim take advantage of his position helping at the hospital?

8. What does Jim find when he get to his home on Amherst Avenue?

9. How does Jim get his shoes back?

10. What does Jim learn from reading the magazines dropped by the Americans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ballard use light to convey Jim's state of mind? What kinds of light does he see and at what points in the story?

Essay Topic 2

What is Jim's opinion of "the real meaning of war" and how does it develop?

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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