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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months before meeting the man that fills in some of the blanks for Marlow on Jim's life does this man meet Jewel at Stein's home?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

2. Why does Jim know there is something in Jim's past that he has not told her?
(a) Jewel overhears Marlow and Cornelius talking.
(b) Jewel feels Jim is haunted by it.
(c) Jewel hears rumors from the natives.
(d) Jewel wonders at Jim's arrival in Patusan.

3. What is the initial plan that Brown devises upon his arrival in Patusan that is designed to cow and terrify the population?
(a) Stabbing the village chiefs.
(b) Capturing the villager's women.
(c) Murdering Jim in the village square.
(d) Setting fire to the village.

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

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

6. After meeting with Brown, whom does Jim immediately go to see?
(a) Kassim.
(b) Stein.
(c) Doramin.
(d) Tamb' Itam.

7. Who gives the order to fire on Dain Waris' camp?
(a) Cornelius.
(b) Brown.
(c) Jim.
(d) Stein.

8. When Brown first spies Jim after Jim returns to the village, what is Jim wearing?
(a) A black suit and a helmet.
(b) A black suit and a shield.
(c) A white suit and a helmet.
(d) A white suit and a shield.

9. Who returns to Jim to tell him of the events at Dain Waris' camp?
(a) Cornelius.
(b) Jewel.
(c) Stein.
(d) Tamb' Itam.

10. What does Jewel reveal when she is at Stein's home with Tamb' Itam?
(a) That Jim has been killed.
(b) That Jim has proposed.
(c) That Jim has been arrested.
(d) That Jim has left.

11. What does Marlow tell Jewel when he tries to reassure her that Jim will not leave her?
(a) Jim never liked the outside world.
(b) The world is too small to handle Jim.
(c) Jim doesn't miss the outside world.
(d) The world is too big to miss Jim.

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

13. When the girl at Cornelius' house awakens Jim in the middle of the night after Jim returns from his day trip, what does the girl give to Jim?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A sword.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A hug.

14. At the time in which Jim relates the story of the attempted assassination, what does Jim confess to Marlow?
(a) That he hates living in Patusan.
(b) That he wants to go home.
(c) That he loves Cornelius' stepdaughter.
(d) That he respects Cornelius' business sense.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marlow meet the man that fills in some of the blanks for Marlow on Jim's life?

2. During their conversation, Jim asks Brown why he has come to Patusan. What is Brown's answer?

3. Where does Jim order his attackers to go after the attempt on his life is foiled?

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

5. The night of the assassination attempt, what does Jim refuse to do?

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