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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 Legatt assure the captain about their plan?
(a) He'll follow the plan to the "letter".
(b) The plan cannot fail.
(c) He'll follow the plan to the "T".
(d) He'll follow the plan "precisely".

2. How far does the Sephora's skipper guess it is from the Sephora to the unnamed ship?
(a) One mile.
(b) Four hundred yards.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Two miles.

3. Why has Legatt fled the ship he was previously aboard?
(a) He killed a woman at the last port.
(b) He killed a man on board the ship.
(c) He killed the ship's captain.
(d) He killed the ship's chief mate.

4. The captain says that his hesitation to let Leggatt swim away from his ship was a mere sham ____________.
(a) Pretense.
(b) Sentiment.
(c) Precept.
(d) Confabulation.

5. What shape is the hill on which the pagoda at the story's beginning sits?
(a) Mitre.
(b) Coconut.
(c) Dome.
(d) Convex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain close after he and the stranger hear the noise overhead?

2. How was the murder committed?

3. Who does the captain share Legatt's secret with?

4. What does the captain ask the steward to get from the galley?

5. How did the stranger kill his victim?

(see the answer key)

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