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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain point out as the skipper's main characteristic?
(a) "Spiteful tenacity".
(b) "Stupendous tenacity."
(c) "Spiritless tenacity".
(d) "Spiritful tenacity".

2. How far in the future is the plan to maroon Leggatt set at the time of its making?
(a) Two nights.
(b) One night.
(c) Three nights.
(d) Three hours.

3. What does the captain do the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) All of these.
(b) He walks along the deck.
(c) Decides the sea most likely doesn't hold any discomforting surprises.
(d) Watches the nearby ship.

4. What was the content of the first cry from the crew concerning the stranger's intention in diving off the ship?
(a) Idiocy.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Escape.
(d) Madness.

5. Which crew member comes from the Sephora?
(a) The second mate.
(b) None of them.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The chief mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the Sephora's skipper credit the saving of his ship?

2. For how long has the skipper of the Sephora been captain of the ship?

3. What on the part of the captain arouses the suspicion of the Sephora's skipper concerning the disappearance of Leggatt?

4. What does the captain tell the skipper at the end of his story?

5. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?

(see the answer key)

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