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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stein collect?
(a) Knives.
(b) Coins.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Stamps.

2. When the police finally catch up to the Patna's chief engineer, what is the chief engineer raving about?
(a) Icebergs.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Dead passengers.
(d) Pink frogs.

3. What is the name of the West Australian man who is looking for Jim?
(a) Hansen.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Chester.
(d) Steve.

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

5. After taking part in the revolutionary movement, with whom does Stein find refuge?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A ship's captain.
(c) A bartender.
(d) A watchmaker.

6. How long does Jim's sailing training last?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Twenty-four months.

7. 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 ring.
(b) A dollar bill.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

8. 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) Crying.
(d) Sleeping.

9. How many years elapse after Jim first leaves for Patusan and when Marlow is first able to visit Jim?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Five years.

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

11. While held prisoner, what item do the captors bring to Jim to fix?
(a) A sledge.
(b) A claim.
(c) A clock.
(d) A sail.

12. With whom does Jim first confide his plan to defeat Sherif Ali?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Dain.
(c) Cornelius.
(d) Marlow.

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

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 Elliot.
(b) Admiral Grandon.
(c) Admiral Pierre.
(d) Admiral Richey.

15. What is the name of the man who meets Jim and tells him that the Rajah wants to see him?
(a) Sahib.
(b) Kassim.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Conrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the native chief that Jim will meet?

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

3. What do the rescuing crew members find on board the Patna that baffles them?

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

5. Who is Tamb' Itam?

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