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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 chief mate postulate as the fate of Leggatt after the crew from the Sephora leaves the unnamed ship?
(a) Escape to the mainland.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Hidden on the tugboat.
(d) Vanishing.

2. What is the ship approaching the crew's ship carrying?
(a) Gold.
(b) A cargo of coal.
(c) Passengers.
(d) A cargo of wood.

3. What did Legatt do with the articles he removed while swimming in the sea?
(a) He used them to distract a shark.
(b) He let them sink on their own.
(c) None of these.
(d) He tied them to a rock so they would sink.

4. Who is the only person who enters the captain's room?
(a) The ship's steward.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The captain.
(d) The second mate.

5. Where does the captain take the ship after agreeing that Legatt should leave?
(a) He took the ship towards a group of islands.
(b) He took the ship further out into sea.
(c) He kept the ship on course, but increased the ship's speed.
(d) He took the ship toward the nearest port.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the captain refer to as his double or other self?

2. How old does the captain believe Legatt is?

3. What does the steward break when startled by the captain on the second day out?

4. What images of the captain and Legatt does the author create?

5. Where does the captain sit at his breakfast table?

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