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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. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?
(a) They are sad.
(b) They are curious.
(c) They are furious.
(d) They are happy.

2. How many brothers does Jim have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. Where is Jim when the captain and the drunken man are fighting?
(a) In the engine room.
(b) In the lookout perch.
(c) On the ship's bridge.
(d) In the mess area.

4. Once the survivors arrive in port, where does the captain immediately go?
(a) To the company's office.
(b) To the post office.
(c) To the harbor office.
(d) To the nearest bar.

5. When the police finally catch up to the Patna's chief engineer, what is the chief engineer raving about?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Dead passengers.
(c) Pink frogs.
(d) Icebergs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Jim clutch the tiller in an attempt to avoid being thrown off of the lifeboat?

2. Where does Jim learn his sailing skills?

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

4. How many crew members abandon ship after the Patna's accident?

5. What is the name of the ship that Jim takes the job of chief mate on?

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