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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 captain do the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) Watches the nearby ship.
(b) He walks along the deck.
(c) Decides the sea most likely doesn't hold any discomforting surprises.
(d) All of these.

2. What does the captain eat at breakfast?
(a) Toast with jam.
(b) A biscuit.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A hard-boiled egg.

3. Where does the captain find the ship's rope ladder?
(a) Over the back of the ship.
(b) Over the side of the ship.
(c) Over the front of the ship.
(d) None of these.

4. Where is the captain as the story opens?
(a) In a row boat.
(b) On his new ship.
(c) On the tug boat.
(d) On the docks.

5. Back on the top deck, the night they see a strange ship approaching, how does the captain describe the atmosphere?
(a) Completely calm.
(b) Still.
(c) All of these.
(d) Profoundly silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When found with Legatt, how does the murdered person look?

2. What does the captain need to learn now that he is on board the ship?

3. What prompts the captain's first words to the mysterious man beside his ship?

4. What alternative does the mysterious stranger weigh against boarding the narrator's ship?

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

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