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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many days do the four crew members sail on the passing steamer before the steamer reaches port?
(a) Three days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Fifteen days.
(d) Ten days.
2. Before he even realizes what he's doing, what does Jim do as it begins to rain?
(a) Punches the engineer.
(b) Yells at the captain.
(c) Incites a panic.
(d) Jumps into the lifeboat.
3. While the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what are the passengers doing?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Praying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Yelling.
4. While the captain and the other two men discuss what their "story" will be, what job is assigned to Jim?
(a) Lookout.
(b) Steward.
(c) Navigator.
(d) Engineer.
5. At the time when the Frenchman and Marlow are conversing, what is Jim's occupation?
(a) A water clerk.
(b) A ship's captain.
(c) A bartender.
(d) An insurance canvasser.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why can the Patna's captain and his fellow ship abandoners not free their lifeboat?
2. On Marlow's next trip to the region where Jim is working with the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow learn?
3. What is the name of the engineer who collapses from a heart attack aboard the Patna?
4. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?
5. As the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what does Jim notice off in the distance?
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