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Marlow’s _____ is destroyed when he arrives at
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Central Station.
How Marlow scares the natives away
Where Kurtz goes after escaping the boat
When Marlow arrives at the Outer Station, what are they
building?
Marlow and his crew get stuck in _____.
International Society for the Suppression of _____
Customs
Crew member speared to death
Kurtz’s artistic hobby
What everyone thinks Kurtz is stealing
Kurtz was the _____ of the Inner Station.
Nearby tribes _____ Kurtz.
Where the story begins
The man Marlow gives a piece of bread to promptly _____.
The first person Marlow meets at the Inner Station is dressed
like a(n) _____.
What is the Inner Station decorated with?
The “whited sepulcher”
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2. The Company’s doctor measures Marlow’s _____.
4. Who helped Marlow get a job with the Company?
5. Kurtz’s last words: “The _____! The _____!” (same word)
7. The name of the ship, the “cruising yawl”
8. The country the Company is based out of
10. Marlow compares British imperialism to this
ancient empire.
12. Kurtz’s fiancée is also called “My _____.”
14. The doctor asks, “Ever any _____ in your family?”
16. Marlow hates _____.
17. The natives attack with _____.
19. The _____ Exploring Expedition
22. There is a shortage of _____ at Central Station.
24. Marlow delivers letters to Kurtz’s _____.
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21. What everyone thinks Kurtz
Marlow’s _____ is destroyed
is stealing [IVORY]
when he arrives at Central
Station. [BOAT]
23. Kurtz was the _____ of the
Inner Station. [CHIEF]
How Marlow scares the
natives away [WHISTLE]
25. Nearby tribes _____ Kurtz.
[WORSHIP]
Where Kurtz goes after
escaping the boat [JUNGLE]
26. Where the story begins
[LONDON]
When Marlow arrives at the
Outer Station, what are they
27. The man Marlow gives a piece
building? [RAILROAD]
of bread to promptly _____.
[DIES]
Marlow and his crew get stuck
in _____. [FOG]
28. The first person Marlow meets
at the Inner Station is dressed
International Society for the
like a(n) _____.
Suppression of _____
[HARLEQUIN]
Customs [SAVAGE]
29. What is the Inner Station
Crew member speared to
decorated with? [SKULLS]
death [HELMSMAN]
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The
“whited sepulcher”
Kurtz’s artistic hobby
[BRUSSELS]
[PAINTING]
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“cruising yawl” [NELLIE]
8. The country the Company is
based out of [BELGIUM]
10. Marlow compares British
imperialism to this ancient
empire. [ROMAN]
12. Kurtz’s fiancée is also called
“My _____.” [INTENDED]
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14. The doctor asks, “Ever any _____ in 24. Marlow delivers letters to Kurtz’s
your family?” [MADNESS]
_____. [FIANCÉE]
16. Marlow hates _____. [LIES]
17. The natives attack with _____.
[ARROWS]
19. The _____ Exploring Expedition
[ELDORADO]
22. There is a shortage of _____ at
Central Station. [RIVETS]
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2. The Company’s doctor measures Marlow’s _____. [HEAD]
4. Who helped Marlow get a job
with the Company? [AUNT]
5. Kurtz’s last words: “The
_____! The _____!” (same
word) [HORROR]
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