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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the crew working practically night and day?
(a) Four days.
(b) Three days.
(c) A week.
(d) Two days.

2. What does the skipper of the Sephora say he will have to report to his owners concerning Leggatt?
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Escape of a murderer.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Murder.

3. Who does the captain share Legatt's secret with?
(a) His second mate.
(b) The steward.
(c) His chief mate.
(d) No one.

4. How did the captain treat the skipper?
(a) With politeness.
(b) All of these.
(c) With animosity.
(d) With curious paranoia.

5. What is the second mate's physical reaction to the captain's interaction with the steward on the fourth day out?
(a) Twitching fingers.
(b) A quivering lip.
(c) Hunched shoulders.
(d) Raised eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs the captain's "comfort of quiet communion" with his ship at the story's beginning?

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

3. What bizarre, mysterious inquiry does the stranger make without being explicitly quoted in the text?

4. What did the crew members shout when they found Legatt?

5. What is Legatt happy to have toward the end of his swim in the sea?

(see the answer key)

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