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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 is being built at Lunghua Camp?

2. Who joins Jim at the detention center?

3. What does Basie take from Jim?

4. What film is playing at the Cathay Theater?

5. What person from his past has Jim met at the camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the truck of prisoners arrives at the second internment camp?

4. Why does Jim think the Japanese army is after him in Part 1, Chapter 5?

5. What activity is taking place at Lunghua Camp when Jim first arrives?

6. What changes does Jim notice in Shanghai when he ventures back out from the Maxteds' apartment?

7. Describe Jim's ride out of Lunghua.

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

9. What happens when Frank, Basie, and Jim drive into the western suburbs of Shanghai?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Dr. Ransome and Basie as surrogate father figures for Jim. How are they different? What is the common thread?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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