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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view is the story told in?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Omniscient.

2. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

3. To what innocent does the stranger relate his victim as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Uriah.
(b) Abel.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) A peasant.

4. What does the narrator say is at his right hand at the beginning of the story?
(a) Blockhouses.
(b) The westering sun.
(c) Fishing stakes.
(d) Stone walls.

5. What does the captain hear under the poop deck?
(a) Chimes.
(b) Laughter.
(c) A moan.
(d) A hand bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stranger think of the captain?

2. Who does the captain tell "to let all hands turn in without setting an anchor watch" the night they see a strange ship approaching?

3. For how long has the captain been in command at the start of the tale?

4. How long has the stranger been swimming?

5. For what did the stranger win a prize his second year in the Conway?

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