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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Jim's men station themselves with Jim and Tamb' Itam as they wait for Brown to pass as Brown leaves Patusan for good?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

2. 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.

3. According to Marlow, when does Jim receive the old, yellow letter?
(a) A few days before meeting De Jongh.
(b) A few days before the assassination attempt.
(c) A few days before the Patna voyage.
(d) A few days before the inquiry.

4. Before leaving Marlow's presence, what does Jewel try to learn from Marlow?
(a) Information about Jim's wealth.
(b) Money.
(c) Information about Jim's past.
(d) Reassurance that Jim will never leave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Jim about the attack on Dain Waris' camp?

3. Who accompanies Marlow on the first leg of his journey back to the "real world" from Patusan?

4. How does Marlow describe Brown?

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

(see the answer keys)

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