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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the captain tell "to let all hands turn in without setting an anchor watch" the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The deck hand.

2. How does Legatt try to defend himself when he is accused of murder?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He tries to say that it was an accident.
(c) He tries to blame another person.
(d) He has no defense.

3. Where was Legatt swimming when he began swimming toward the captain's ship?
(a) Toward another ship.
(b) None of these.
(c) Toward port.
(d) Toward an island.

4. Upon what do the hands of both the captain and the strange man rest?
(a) The rigging.
(b) The rail.
(c) The skylight.
(d) The hatch.

5. What does the captain hear when he is below the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The sound of his crew snoring.
(b) The sound of the boat creaking.
(c) The sound of a small row boat approaching.
(d) The sound of whispers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Legatt come from?

2. Where is the captain's riding light?

3. What does the captain tell his officers, upon first speaking with them in the story, that he saw above the ridge as the sun went down?

4. How did the stranger kill his victim?

5. Why has Legatt fled the ship he was previously aboard?

(see the answer key)

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