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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the two travelers part, where does Marlow go?
(a) To the train station.
(b) To the shipyard.
(c) To the waiting schooner.
(d) To the stables.

2. Upon learning of the attack on Dain Waris' camp, what order does the first person to hear the news give?
(a) Close the gates to the fort.
(b) Bring back the dead and wounded.
(c) Prepare a chase vessel.
(d) Pursue Brown and his men.

3. Upon Jim's return to Patusan, where do Jim and Brown meet?
(a) At the creek.
(b) In the church.
(c) On Brown's ship.
(d) At Jim's house.

4. Who accompanies Marlow on the first leg of his journey back to the "real world" from Patusan?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Doramin.
(c) Kassim.
(d) Jim.

5. As Jim is returning to Patusan, what does Cornelius say regarding Jim to Gentleman Brown?
(a) Jim is a coward.
(b) Jim is aftraid of everything.
(c) Jim isn't a coward.
(d) Jim isn't afraid of anything.

6. At the time the natives attack the invaders that are attempting to land at Batu Kring, how long has Jim been away?
(a) More than one week.
(b) More than one year.
(c) More than one month.
(d) More than one day.

7. According to Marlow, justice does not hold the balance. What does?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Truth.
(c) Accident.
(d) Fate.

8. Who accompanies Jim as he visits the scattered parties of guards stationed along the river?
(a) Doramin.
(b) Dain Waris.
(c) Tamb' Itam.
(d) Kassim.

9. What does Jim see in the storehouse that convinces him that this attempt on his life is not a false alarm, but is, in fact, real?
(a) The blood stains from another murder.
(b) Sherif Ali's crest on his attacker.
(c) The whites of another man's eyes.
(d) Cornelius in the shadows.

10. When the two travelers part, the person accompanying Marlow asks when they shall meet again. What is Marlow's response?
(a) Never.
(b) In December.
(c) Next week.
(d) In three months.

11. What is the name of the man that fills in some of the blanks for Marlow on Jim's life?
(a) Tamb' Itam.
(b) Sherif Malay.
(c) Gentleman Brown.
(d) Stein.

12. Through the conversation, questions, and pleas that Brown throws at Jim, what emotion is Brown hoping to evoke from Jim?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pity.

13. Who delivers the message Jim sends to Brown instructing Brown to leave on the morning tide?
(a) Dain Waris.
(b) Kassim.
(c) Cornelius.
(d) Tamb' Itam.

14. Which one of Brown's men killed the ship keepers aboard the schooner that Brown stole?
(a) The Spanish islander.
(b) The Spanish soldier.
(c) The Solomon islander.
(d) The Solomon solider.

15. Who is guiding the boat with Brown and his men on board as the men make their way towards their ship?
(a) Dain Waris.
(b) Tamb' Itam.
(c) Jim.
(d) Cornelius.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his fight with Jewel, who does Marlow run into while going for his walk?

2. Where is Jim when he hears about the attack on Dain Waris' camp?

3. According to the chief men's plan, who will be in charge of establishing the blockade ten miles down river of Patusan?

4. Who shoots Jim in the chest?

5. By what other name do the chief men in the town call Jim's home?

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