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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom did the second mate receive his information regarding the Sephora?
(a) The captain of the Sephora.
(b) A dream.
(c) The tugboat skipper.
(d) The Sephora's first mate.

2. What does the captain close after he and the stranger hear the noise overhead?
(a) The lid of his musicbox.
(b) The door to his stateroom.
(c) The porthole.
(d) The door to his bathroom.

3. What order does the captain give to his second when the latter comes on deck?
(a) To listen closely for sounds of distress.
(b) To watch for storms.
(c) To keep an eye on the waves.
(d) To watch for the wind.

4. Which of the following is NOT suggested as being at the narrator's left hand at the story's beginning?
(a) A small ship.
(b) Blockhouses.
(c) Stone walls.
(d) Towers.

5. When found with Legatt, how does the murdered person look?
(a) Black in the face.
(b) The person still looks alive.
(c) Deathly pale.
(d) Red-faced and bug-eyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Legatt describe the person he murdered to the captain?

2. What does Legatt drag behind him as he swims?

3. How many officers does the captain have?

4. To where does the captain initially send the mysterious man as the former's watch is drawing to a close?

5. For how long does the mysterious stranger say the skipper of the Sephora had been without sleep?

(see the answer key)

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