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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Jim clutch the tiller in an attempt to avoid being thrown off of the lifeboat?
(a) Ten hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Six hours.

3. After escaping from his captors, what does Jim show at a nearby settlement that convinces the settlement's people to care for Jim?
(a) A dollar bill.
(b) A ring.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

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

5. How does Jim make the last leg of his journey to Patusan?
(a) By ship.
(b) By canoe.
(c) By horse.
(d) By train.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Marlow, one of the worst examples of a time when Jim simply gets up and leaves because of his past occurs in what city?

3. What is the name of the West Australian man who is looking for Jim?

4. In the story's opening chapter, what is Jim's occupation?

5. 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?

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