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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?
(a) He keeps watch over the ship's direction.
(b) None of these.
(c) He watches for iceburgs.
(d) He keeps watch over the anchor.

2. What does the stranger in the water ask of the captain before boarding the ship?
(a) Both of these.
(b) None of these.
(c) He said there is no need to call anyone.
(d) He asks for the captain.

3. What does the captain discover when he tries to pull the rope ladder up?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) It's broken.
(d) It's too heavy to pull up.

4. Through what straits did the stranger ask the captain of the Sephora to leave his door unlocked?
(a) The Gibraltar Straits.
(b) The Java Straits.
(c) The Angier Straits.
(d) The Sunda Straits.

5. Behind what had the stranger been hiding upon the captain's arrival in the stateroom?
(a) A bookcase.
(b) Coats.
(c) The desk.
(d) The bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did the stranger win a prize his second year in the Conway?

2. How many officers does the captain have?

3. What word does the mysterious man use to describe the tone of the skipper when being relieved of his duties?

4. The shadows of what are flung far eastward by the setting sun, as described after the Gulf is named?

5. What does the captain go below for the night they see a strange ship approaching?

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