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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 people are aboard Chester's ship when it leaves the Australian port and steams into the Pacific Ocean?
(a) 22 people.
(b) 36 people.
(c) 15 people.
(d) 47 people.

2. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?
(a) One month.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three months.

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

4. 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 raft.
(c) An approaching squall.
(d) An approaching shark.

5. Who is Tamb' Itam?
(a) Doramin's personal servant.
(b) Kassim's personal servant.
(c) Jim's personal servant.
(d) Dain's personal servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the time leading up to the attack on the compound, where are Jim and Dain Waris concealing themselves?

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

3. What order does Jim receive from the captain when the captain stops fighting with the drunken man?

4. After traveling throughout the land with a famous Dutch traveler, where does Stein eventually make his home?

5. Where is Stein born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the rescuing ship's captain station some quartermasters on the Patna throughout the towing operation?

2. Why do the four men in the lifeboat assume that the Patna sinks?

3. Brown's encounter with Jewel at Stein's home reveals a pattern evident in Jim's life. What is the pattern?

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

5. When Marlow and Stein meet, Marlow describes Jim to Stein. After hearing Marlow's account of Jim, how does Stein classify Jim and what question does Stein present to Marlow?

6. As Jim confesses to Marlow when he relates the story of the assassination attempt, why can Jim not imagine living anywhere but Patusan?

7. After completing his training, Jim goes to sea and takes part in a number of voyages, yet he is still unsatisfied. Why?

8. Why are none of the passengers informed of the ship's accident?

9. What does Brown realize when he and Jim first meet?

10. What happens during Marlow's final encounter with the nautical assessor during the first adjournment of the inquiry?

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