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

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

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

3. As the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what does Jim notice off in the distance?
(a) An approaching raft.
(b) An approaching squall.
(c) An approaching shark.
(d) An approaching ship.

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

5. How many passengers are on the Patna before the incident under inquiry occurs?
(a) 50 people.
(b) 570 people.
(c) 425 people.
(d) 800 people.

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

7. On Marlow's next trip to the region where Jim is working with the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow learn?
(a) That Jim has run away once again.
(b) That Jim has stolen from the ship-chandlers.
(c) That Jim has bought his own ship.
(d) That Jim has been killed.

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

9. What does the court cancel for both the chief mate and the skipper?
(a) Their mandates.
(b) Their licenses.
(c) Their appointments.
(d) Their certificates.

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

11. When does the attack on Ali's compound - as plotted by Jim - begin?
(a) At sunset.
(b) At sunrise.
(c) At midnight.
(d) At midday.

12. When Jim sees Marlow face-to-face at the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow ask Jim?
(a) Why he left his previous position.
(b) Why he revealed his Patna history.
(c) Why he joked about the Patna.
(d) Why he wrote for the inquiry's findings.

13. When Jim and his men attack the stockade, who breaks through first?
(a) Kassim.
(b) Dain Waris.
(c) Jim.
(d) Tamb' Itam.

14. At Marlow's business meeting, what is the name of the admiral who ruins the plot of the man from Madagascar's business scheme?
(a) Admiral Richey.
(b) Admiral Grandon.
(c) Admiral Elliot.
(d) Admiral Pierre.

15. What is the name of the woman Jim falls in love with?
(a) Marlee.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Maddy.
(d) Jewel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his room while writing letters for Jim, what does Marlow expect to hear when Jim steps out on the balcony?

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

3. How many brothers does Jim have?

4. According to a rumor that Marlow hears on his journeys, what has Jim, a.k.a. the mysterious white man in Patusan, acquired?

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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