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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain do to the arm he has caught as the island draws near to the ship?
(a) Breaks it.
(b) Holds it.
(c) Shakes it.
(d) Lets it go immediately.

2. How did the boat get to its location at the beginning of the book?
(a) It was built there at the port.
(b) It sailed.
(c) None of these.
(d) By tug boat.

3. The chief mate tells the second mate, after the captain puts the ship on the other tack, that such a move is a great want of what?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Intellect.

4. Where has Legatt come from?
(a) The nearby ship, Sephora.
(b) The tug boat.
(c) The nearby ship, Tempora.
(d) A nearby port.

5. What does the captain question after Legatt is almost discovered?
(a) None of these.
(b) Why he has agreed to hide and help Legatt.
(c) The fact that Legatt is only visible to him.
(d) Whether Legatt will inevitably be discovered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are on deck at the beginning of the story?

2. How does the skipper react when it is suggested that the wave, not Legatt, killed the man?

3. How did the captain attempt to get more information from the skipper?

4. What does the captain cite as an example of the chief mate's "dominant trait"?

5. When was the order given for a "reefed foresail"?

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