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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many lifeboats are on the Patna before the incident under inquiry occurs?
(a) 22.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

2. What is the name of the passing steamer that picks up the four crew members after they abandon their ship?
(a) The Ossian.
(b) The Avondale.
(c) The Patna.
(d) The Eagle.

3. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Ten days.
(d) One month.

4. Why can the Patna's captain and his fellow ship abandoners not free their lifeboat?
(a) They panic and forget how to launch the lifeboat.
(b) They are not strong enough.
(c) A mooring line is caught.
(d) A sliding bolt is jammed.

5. What is the name of the West Australian man who is looking for Jim?
(a) Hansen.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Steve.
(d) Chester.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Marlow recommend Jim for employment?

2. Where is Jim when the captain and the drunken man are fighting?

3. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?

4. Before he even realizes what he's doing, what does Jim do as it begins to rain?

5. What does Jim ask Marlow to do as a favor in regard to his newly found position with the ship-chandlers?

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