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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years elapse after Jim first leaves for Patusan and when Marlow is first able to visit Jim?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

2. How old is Stein when he takes part in the revolutionary movement of 1848?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 36.

3. With whom does Jim first confide his plan to defeat Sherif Ali?
(a) Dain.
(b) Marlow.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Cornelius.

4. 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) Three months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Ten days.

5. What is the name of the ship-chandlers with whom Jim finds work?
(a) Moore and Blake.
(b) Blake and Elliot.
(c) Egstrom and Blake.
(d) Elliot and Moore.

6. At the time when the Frenchman and Marlow are conversing, what is Jim's occupation?
(a) An insurance canvasser.
(b) A water clerk.
(c) A ship's captain.
(d) A bartender.

7. How long does Jim clutch the tiller in an attempt to avoid being thrown off of the lifeboat?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Ten hours.

8. 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) Malabar House.
(d) Manor House.

9. What is the name of Doramin's son?
(a) James Conrad.
(b) Kassim Allang.
(c) John Elliot.
(d) Dain Waris.

10. On board ship, Jim is injured and unable to work. What happens?
(a) A falling spar hit Jim.
(b) Jim fell overboard.
(c) Jim slipped on the deck.
(d) Another crew member fought with Jim.

11. Before he even realizes what he's doing, what does Jim do as it begins to rain?
(a) Incites a panic.
(b) Jumps into the lifeboat.
(c) Yells at the captain.
(d) Punches the engineer.

12. When the police finally catch up to the Patna's chief engineer, what is the chief engineer raving about?
(a) Pink frogs.
(b) Icebergs.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Dead passengers.

13. How does the Batu Kring's head man refer to Jim?
(a) As Turan Jim.
(b) As Tetran Jim.
(c) As Tuan Jim.
(d) As Talib Jim.

14. Why can the Patna's captain and his fellow ship abandoners not free their lifeboat?
(a) They panic and forget how to launch the lifeboat.
(b) A sliding bolt is jammed.
(c) A mooring line is caught.
(d) They are not strong enough.

15. Where does Jim learn his sailing skills?
(a) From the mercantile marines.
(b) From his uncle.
(c) From his father.
(d) From the Navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the court cancel for both the chief mate and the skipper?

2. After escaping from his captors, what does Jim show at a nearby settlement that convinces the settlement's people to care for Jim?

3. What is the name of the Sultan's uncle who extorts and steals from the country-born Malays?

4. On Marlow's next trip to the region where Jim is working with the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow learn?

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

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