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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country's uniforms are the soldiers who fire on the Communist village dressed?

2. What does Basie show Jim at the end of Part 3, Chapter 39?

3. What is Jim's reward for helping the Britishers unpack the canisters of rations?

4. Who does Jim notice is not carrying any luggage as they leave Lunghua?

5. What is Jim surprised to find is stained and cracked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the importance of this statement: "He had learned that having someone to care for was the same as being cared for by someone else."

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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