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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the captain not picture his ship passing through on the coming voyage while pacing about on his watch?
(a) The Malay Archipelago.
(b) The Straits of Gibraltar.
(c) The Indian Ocean.
(d) The Atlantic.

2. What images of the captain and Legatt does the author create?
(a) The two men similar in stature.
(b) The two men wearing identical clothes.
(c) All of these.
(d) The two men standing next to one another.

3. What keeps the captain from sleeping the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The ship's foreign destination.
(b) The strangeness of himself and his arrangement.
(c) The storm that night.
(d) The unusual crew aboard the ship.

4. What sort of sail were the mysterious stranger and his victim setting when the murder occurred?
(a) A mizensail.
(b) A spinnaker.
(c) A reefed foresail.
(d) A mainsail.

5. What does the captain mention after his meeting with the officers on board the ship?
(a) How well the officers have been getting along.
(b) How well the crew has been getting along.
(c) How hard the officers have been working.
(d) How hard the crew has been working.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship?

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

3. How did the captain react after Legatt's story?

4. Since what time does the mysterious man claim to have been in the water?

5. Which crew member comes from the Sephora?

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