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What does Jim do during the training ship rescue?
Why does Jim remain in an Eastern port before joining the Patna?
Who are the Patna's passengers?
What breaks the sense of safety aboard the Patna?
What does Jim discover when he goes forward aboard the Patna?
What does Brierly propose during the inquiry?
What does the passenger whom Jim attacks actually want?
What does Jim do as the officers escape from the Patna?
How does news of the Patna's survival affect Jim?
What punishment does the court impose on Jim?
How does Marlow persuade Jim to accept practical help?
Why does Jim leave Mr. Denver's rice mill?
Whom does Marlow decide to consult about Jim's suffering?
What is Stein studying when Marlow visits him?
What position does Stein propose for Jim in Patusan?
What does Jim carry as an introduction to Doramin?
How does Jim escape his captivity in Patusan?
Who becomes Jim's closest friend in Patusan?
What helps make Jim's judgment decisive in Patusan?
Why does Jim feel that leaving Cornelius's house would be wrong?
How does the girl help Jim face the planned attack?
What does Jim's companion fear when she speaks privately to Marlow?
What reaches one of Marlow's listeners more than two years later?
What forces Brown's invaders onto a small hill?
Why does Doramin send Dain Waris downstream?
Where does Jim meet Brown to discuss his departure?
How does Brown try to weaken Jim's moral confidence?
Who carries Jim's safe-passage order to Dain Waris?
What does Brown do after Dain Waris receives Jim's message?
What is Jim's final response to Dain Waris's death?
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