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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim characterize his stay in his new lodging arrangement after he leaves Doramin's home?
(a) Beastly.
(b) Heavenly.
(c) Workable.
(d) Disastrous.

2. What is the name of the house where Jim and Marlow spend an evening talking during the inquiry?
(a) Middle House.
(b) Malabar House.
(c) Manor House.
(d) Miramar House.

3. 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?
(a) Porta Plaza.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) Athens.
(d) Madrid.

4. Who is Doramin?
(a) Marlow's uncle.
(b) The Rajah's aide.
(c) A chief of the second power.
(d) A rebel leader.

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

6. According to a rumor that Marlow hears on his journeys, what has Jim, a.k.a. the mysterious white man in Patusan, acquired?
(a) A fast horse.
(b) An enormous gem.
(c) A servant wife.
(d) A sleek clipper.

7. What is the name of the ship that Jim takes the job of chief mate on?
(a) The Gustav.
(b) The Patna.
(c) The Modicum.
(d) The Eagle.

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

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

10. How does Chester die?
(a) His ship is struck by a schooner in the fog.
(b) His ship is caught in a hurricane.
(c) He is shot in the Amazon jungle.
(d) He is killed when his crew mutinies.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the engineer who collapses from a heart attack aboard the Patna?
(a) George.
(b) Max.
(c) Steven.
(d) Ralph.

15. What do the rescuing crew members find on board the Patna that baffles them?
(a) Massive food stores.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) A dead man.
(d) Sleeping passengers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Stein born?

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

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

5. While the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what are the passengers doing?

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