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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What forces the captain to close his eyes while on deck steering the ship in a new direction?
(a) The extreme closeness of the ship to land.
(b) The dangerous swirling motion of the currents.
(c) Knowing Legatt was escaping.
(d) The stress his chief mate was causing him about the change in direction.

2. What does the unnamed captain judge to be the skipper of the Sephora's main characteristic?
(a) A spiritless tenacity.
(b) A lack of remarkability.
(c) An empty verbosity.
(d) A witless congeniality.

3. What did the "reefed foresail" do for the Sephora and crew?
(a) It saved the ship and the lives of the crew.
(b) It saved the ship, but caused the death of the man Legatt was fighting.
(c) It caused damage to the ship, and injured some of the crew members.
(d) It caused damage to the ship, but saved the lives of the crew.

4. Behind what had the stranger been hiding upon the captain's arrival in the stateroom?
(a) A bookcase.
(b) The bed.
(c) Coats.
(d) The desk.

5. What is the name of the ship approaching dangerously close to the crew's ship at the beginning of the story?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Tempora.
(c) Sephora.
(d) Tiffanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Legatt come from?

2. What does the narrator say is at his right hand at the beginning of the story?

3. Why did Legatt jump in the water and begin swimming?

4. Whose arm does the captain prevent from battering its owner's head as the ship draws dangerously near to the island?

5. How did the skipper respond each time the captain spoke to him?

(see the answer key)

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