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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days do the four crew members sail on the passing steamer before the steamer reaches port?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Fifteen days.

2. 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.

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

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

5. How many quartermasters does the captain of the rescuing ship send on board the Patna?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Stein collect?

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

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

5. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cornelius' stepdaughter awaken Jim in the middle of the night after he returns from his day trip?

2. Why does Brown attack Dain Waris' camp?

3. As revealed in Chapter 34, why does Cornelius despise Jim?

4. Even though Jim feels unworthy and thinks of himself as a coward, why is he superior to many other men?

5. Why do Brown and his men strand Cornelius after the attack on Dain Waris' camp?

6. Why does Jim refuse to flee to Doramin as Cornelius' stepdaughter wants him to do?

7. Describe what Jim's incarceration was like before he made his escape.

8. Describe Cornelius and his character.

9. Describe how Brown and his crew are able to escape from their Spanish captors.

10. How is Jim's situation in passing judgment on Brown's crew an ironic twist in the story?

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