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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ship-chandlers with whom Jim finds work?
(a) Egstrom and Blake.
(b) Blake and Elliot.
(c) Elliot and Moore.
(d) Moore and Blake.

2. Over breakfast, where do Stein and Marlow decide that Jim should go to live?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Athens.
(c) Patusan.
(d) Morocco.

3. What kind of ship finds the listing Patna?
(a) A cutter.
(b) A gunboat.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A tugboat.

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

5. On board ship, Jim is injured and unable to work. What happens?
(a) A falling spar hit Jim.
(b) Another crew member fought with Jim.
(c) Jim fell overboard.
(d) Jim slipped on the deck.

6. On board, Jim witnesses a drunken man verbally abusing the captain. Who is the drunkard?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The navigator.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The first mate.

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

8. What is the name of the principal shipping master?
(a) Harry Gustav.
(b) John Elliot.
(c) Robert Marlow.
(d) Archie Ruthvel.

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

10. What two items does Jim return from Stein's house with?
(a) A letter and a revolver.
(b) A ring and a revolver.
(c) A letter and a horse.
(d) A letter and a ring.

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

12. According to the Frenchman speaking to Marlow, what does one not die from?
(a) Accidents at sea.
(b) Being angry.
(c) Fearful sounds.
(d) Being afraid.

13. In his room while writing letters for Jim, what does Marlow expect to hear when Jim steps out on the balcony?
(a) Jim jump to his death.
(b) Jim begin to cry.
(c) Jim ask for forgiveness.
(d) Jim scream at the heavens.

14. What is the name of the man whose job Jim will be taking over for Stein's company?
(a) Robert.
(b) Malay.
(c) Cornelius.
(d) Elliot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is Doramin?

3. As the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what does Jim notice off in the distance?

4. While the captain and the other two men discuss what their "story" will be, what job is assigned to Jim?

5. When the police finally catch up to the Patna's chief engineer, what is the chief engineer raving about?

(see the answer keys)

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