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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Legatt fled the ship he was previously aboard?
(a) He killed a man on board the ship.
(b) He killed the ship's captain.
(c) He killed the ship's chief mate.
(d) He killed a woman at the last port.

2. What direction, relative to the captain, does the white object drift?
(a) Away from him.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Towards him.
(d) Forward.

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

4. When does someone come close to discovering Legatt?
(a) When the cook brings the captain his breakfast.
(b) When the chief mate comes to give the captain a weather report.
(c) When the second mate comes to alert the captain to the presence of a stow away on board.
(d) When the steward brings the captain's coat to his state room to dry.

5. Where do the two captains speak to one another at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) The saloon.
(b) On the quarter-deck.
(c) On deck.
(d) The stateroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the captain and skipper do once on board the captain's ship?

3. Where does the captain take Legatt after he tells the captain his story?

4. The captain narrates that, after sharing his own story with the stranger, the two men face one another with identical what?

5. What does the helmsman complain of not being able to see well while close to the island?

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