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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says the threat of discovery "hung like a sword over our heads"?
(a) Legatt.
(b) The captain.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

2. Which of the following is NOT suggested as being at the narrator's left hand at the story's beginning?
(a) Blockhouses.
(b) Towers.
(c) Stone walls.
(d) A small ship.

3. How long has the stranger been swimming?
(a) Since eight o'clock.
(b) Since ten o'clock.
(c) Since nine o'clock.
(d) Since eleven o'clock.

4. What does Leggatt claim worked him into a sort of desperation in the gale with night coming on?
(a) The squall of the sea.
(b) The frenzy of the wind.
(c) The despair of the crew.
(d) The skipper's whimpering.

5. Where does the captain finally take the ship?
(a) Toward the islands, away from the currents.
(b) Away from Legatt's small boat.
(c) Toward the nearest port.
(d) Back out into sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the Sephora hail, according to the second mate?

2. What order does Leggatt claim the Sephora's skipper never gave but claimed to have given to the captain of the unnamed ship?

3. How does the skipper feel about Legatt?

4. According to the skipper, who called for a "reefed foresail" aboard the Sephora?

5. Who is the "secret sharer"?

(see the answer key)

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