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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the steward bring into the captain's room after knocking?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) The captain's compass.
(d) A biscuit.

2. What does the captain cite as an example of the chief mate's "dominant trait"?
(a) Pondering over a scorpion.
(b) Speaking at length on the history of ink quills.
(c) Asking about the captain's personal life.
(d) Writing in his journal while appearing to listen.

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

4. What does the steward do with the door to the captain's room after first visiting him in the morning?
(a) Breaks one of the hinges.
(b) Slams it.
(c) Hooks it open.
(d) Latches it shut.

5. How old does the captain believe Legatt is?
(a) No younger than forty.
(b) No older than twenty-five.
(c) No older than twenty.
(d) No younger than thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does the captain give to his second when the latter comes on deck?

2. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?

3. Where does the captain find the ship's rope ladder?

4. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?

5. Who finds it necessary to find a logical reason for every occurrence that comes his way?

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