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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who forms a special bond almost instantly?
(a) The captain and second mate.
(b) Legatt and the chief mate.
(c) Legatt and the captain.
(d) The captain and chief mate.

2. Where is the captain's riding light?
(a) The port rigging.
(b) The aft rigging.
(c) The fore rigging.
(d) The crow's nest.

3. What did the captain wonder about the skipper's personality?
(a) If he was violent.
(b) If he was hiding something.
(c) If he was ill.
(d) If he was shy.

4. What are the only reasons someone would enter the captain's state room?
(a) To call the captain to the deck.
(b) To bring the captain meals and to clean.
(c) To wake the captain.
(d) To bring the captain charts and weather information.

5. On the crew, who is the "odd ball" or the odd man out?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The captain.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The engineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hour does the captain go on deck after making the plan to maroon Leggatt?

2. Past what hour, after supper, does the captain return below decks to tell Leggatt it is dark enough?

3. From whom did the second mate receive his information regarding the Sephora?

4. How long of a watch will the captain take in his unprecedented decision?

5. What is the name of the river from which the ship has just left at the story's beginning?

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