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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. 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 happy.
(c) They are furious.
(d) They are curious.

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

3. 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?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Crying.
(d) Sleeping.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of ship finds the listing Patna?

2. As the captain and the drunken man are fighting, what happens to the ship?

3. How many people are aboard Chester's ship when it leaves the Australian port and steams into the Pacific Ocean?

4. What is the name of the man Jim makes eye contact with during the inquiry trial?

5. When Jim sees Marlow face-to-face at the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow ask Jim?

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