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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does the captain give Legatt before he leaves the ship?
(a) A compass.
(b) A floppy straw hat.
(c) A change of clothes.
(d) None of these.

2. What did the crew yell when they heard Legatt jump in the sea?
(a) "Escape!"
(b) "Suicide!"
(c) "Man over board!"
(d) "Get him!"

3. The captain says that the threat of Leggatt's discovery by the steward hangs like what?
(a) A sword overhead.
(b) A guillotine.
(c) Ugly stormclouds.
(d) The headsman's axe.

4. How does the captain feel when he is on deck with the crew, knowing Legatt is hiding below?
(a) He doesn't feel whole.
(b) He feels torn.
(c) It was trying to be on deck.
(d) All of these.

5. What does the captain at first believe the man beside his ship in the water to be?
(a) A floating barrel.
(b) A dead shark.
(c) A headless corpse.
(d) A strange creature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Legatt swimming when he began swimming toward the captain's ship?

2. When does someone come close to discovering Legatt?

3. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?

4. How far is the Sephora from the nearest real land when the stranger is relating his story to the captain?

5. Where do the crewmen from the Sephora believe Leggatt is hiding?

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