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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the house where Jim and Marlow spend an evening talking during the inquiry?
(a) Middle House.
(b) Miramar House.
(c) Manor House.
(d) Malabar House.

3. As the captain and the drunken man are fighting, what happens to the ship?
(a) The ship catches on fire.
(b) The ship's engines fail.
(c) The ship runs across something.
(d) The ship's sails go slack.

4. What order does Jim receive from the captain when the captain stops fighting with the drunken man?
(a) To not alert any of the passengers.
(b) To stop the engines.
(c) To send an SOS.
(d) To wake the first mate.

5. While the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what are the passengers doing?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Praying.
(d) Yelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ship that finds the Patna registered?

2. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?

3. Where does Jim learn his sailing skills?

4. 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?

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

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