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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What battle is Jim looking at a picture of while he waits for Price and Mr. Tulloch?

2. What magazine does Jim take from the cylinder to read?

3. On what does Mr. Maxted sit to rest in the approaches to Nantao?

4. Who does Jim see walking around the airfield from the assembly hall balcony at the end of Part 3, Chapter 36?

5. Which of these is not something carried out of camp by a Japanese soldier?

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

Using at least three examples, discuss how Ballard uses planes throughout the story. Do different country's planes mean different things? Does their meaning change?

Essay Topic 3

What is "the university of life" and how does it pertain to Jim's story?

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