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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jewel reveal when she is at Stein's home with Tamb' Itam?
(a) That Jim has proposed.
(b) That Jim has been arrested.
(c) That Jim has left.
(d) That Jim has been killed.

2. After being captured by Spanish officials, where is Brown forced to dock his ship?
(a) Patusan.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Batu Kring.
(d) Zamboanga.

3. How many men are waiting to attack Jim when he reaches the storehouse at the end of Cornelius' courtyard?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

4. How does Marlow describe Brown?
(a) As a buccaneer.
(b) As a thief.
(c) As a sailor.
(d) As a pirate.

5. What does Doramin see when he looks at Dain Waris' body?
(a) The gold coin.
(b) The family crest.
(c) The silver ring.
(d) The pendant necklace.

6. What is included in the packet that is revealed in Chapter 36?
(a) The last will and testament of Lord Jim.
(b) The last events of Jim's story.
(c) The last will and testament of Jim's father.
(d) The final inquiry transcripts.

7. During their conversation, Jim asks Brown why he has come to Patusan. What is Brown's answer?
(a) Exploration.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Money.

8. After his fight with Jewel, who does Marlow run into while going for his walk?
(a) Kassim.
(b) Cornelius.
(c) Jim.
(d) Jewel.

9. Why does Jim know there is something in Jim's past that he has not told her?
(a) Jewel wonders at Jim's arrival in Patusan.
(b) Jewel feels Jim is haunted by it.
(c) Jewel overhears Marlow and Cornelius talking.
(d) Jewel hears rumors from the natives.

10. The night of the assassination attempt, what does Jim refuse to do?
(a) Go for help.
(b) Abandon Jewel.
(c) Confront Cornelius.
(d) Comfort Jewel.

11. What does Jim see in the storehouse that convinces him that this attempt on his life is not a false alarm, but is, in fact, real?
(a) Cornelius in the shadows.
(b) The whites of another man's eyes.
(c) Sherif Ali's crest on his attacker.
(d) The blood stains from another murder.

12. When the attack on Dain Waris' camp begins, where is the man who runs to shore fatally shot?
(a) In the back.
(b) In the heart.
(c) In the stomach.
(d) In the forehead.

13. When Jim meets with the chiefs to explain the deal he made with Brown, what does Jim entreat the chiefs to do?
(a) Fight to the death.
(b) Defend their homeland.
(c) Trust Jim.
(d) Surrender.

14. As the two men meet, the suggestion is made that Jim and Brown talk as equals because, as it's pointed out to them, all men are equal. What are all men equal before?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Death.
(c) Truth.
(d) Ambition.

15. Where do Jim, Tamb' Itam, and Jim's men station themselves as they wait for Brown to pass by as Brown leaves Patusan for good?
(a) In the fishing huts.
(b) In the Bugis camp.
(c) In the tall river grasses.
(d) In the Rajah's stockade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders the sniper attack that kills a villager?

2. When Brown first meets Jim, what is Brown immediately jealous of?

3. When Jim arrives just after Marlow has refused to reveal Jim's past to Jewel, why do Jim and Marlow not talk?

4. Upon learning of the attack on Dain Waris' camp, what order does the first person to hear the news give?

5. What is the initial plan that Brown devises upon his arrival in Patusan that is designed to cow and terrify the population?

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