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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many days is Jim held prisoner before his successful escape?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

2. What does Jim discover in the forepeak of the ship?
(a) Passengers.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Traitors.

3. When Jim arrives just after Marlow has refused to reveal Jim's past to Jewel, why do Jim and Marlow not talk?
(a) Marlow has gone to his room.
(b) Jewel runs crying into Jim's arms.
(c) Jewel refuses to let the two men alone.
(d) Marlow has slipped away in the dark.

4. What is the problem, as revealed to the travelers on the stretch of white beach, that is occurring between the villagers and the Rajah's men?
(a) Turtle eggs.
(b) Property lines.
(c) Ammunition stores.
(d) Fishing rights.

5. When Jim and his attackers reach their destination, what does Jim order his attackers to do?
(a) Turn themselves into the authorities.
(b) Sit back to back in the kitchen.
(c) Go below deck.
(d) Jump into the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship-chandlers with whom Jim finds work?

2. What does Jim contemplate doing while in the lifeboat, but does not do because he does not want to give the other three men in the lifeboat the satisfaction?

3. While held prisoner, what item do the captors bring to Jim to fix?

4. Why can the Patna's captain and his fellow ship abandoners not free their lifeboat?

5. What order does Jim receive from the captain when the captain stops fighting with the drunken man?

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