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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jim learn his sailing skills?
(a) From his father.
(b) From the mercantile marines.
(c) From his uncle.
(d) From the Navy.

2. What order does Jim receive from the captain when the captain stops fighting with the drunken man?
(a) To send an SOS.
(b) To stop the engines.
(c) To wake the first mate.
(d) To not alert any of the passengers.

3. What is the name of the man Jim makes eye contact with during the inquiry trial?
(a) Marlow.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Gustav.
(d) Ruthvel.

4. How long does Jim's sailing training last?
(a) Two years.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Eighteen months.

5. In the story's opening chapter, what is Jim's occupation?
(a) A water clerk.
(b) A store owner.
(c) A ship builder.
(d) A handyman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the nautical assessor who is presiding over the inquiry and who captains a steel steamer?

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

3. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?

4. What is the name of the passing steamer that picks up the four crew members after they abandon their ship?

5. What does Jim discover in the forepeak of the ship?

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