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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the stranger and the captain hear overhead after the stranger has finished telling his tale?
(a) Rain.
(b) Voices.
(c) Footsteps.
(d) Gunfire.

2. Where does the stranger say the skipper of the Sephora's wife is, presently?
(a) On vacation on the Thai mainland.
(b) At the port in Cape Town.
(c) On board the Sephora.
(d) At home in London.

3. What position had Legatt held on his ship?
(a) Deck hand.
(b) Second mate.
(c) Captain.
(d) Chief mate.

4. The shadows of what are flung far eastward by the setting sun, as described after the Gulf is named?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Trees.
(c) Men.
(d) Spars.

5. In describing how he committed murder, at what time does the mysterious stranger say he and his victim were setting the sail?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Late at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How deep does the Sephora draw, according to the second mate?

2. 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?

3. How long of a watch will the captain take in his unprecedented decision?

4. What does the captain watch leave once on board the ship?

5. The mysterious stranger says he "felled" his victim like a what?

(see the answer key)

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