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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has curiosity in his eyes when the captain comes on deck the morning after finding Legatt?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The deck hand.
(d) The chief mate.

2. For what did the stranger win a prize his second year in the Conway?
(a) Fencing.
(b) Chess.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Boxing.

3. What did the "reefed foresail" do for the Sephora and crew?
(a) It saved the ship, but caused the death of the man Legatt was fighting.
(b) It caused damage to the ship, and injured some of the crew members.
(c) It caused damage to the ship, but saved the lives of the crew.
(d) It saved the ship and the lives of the crew.

4. What is the final verbally delivered caveat of the captain concerning Leggatt's escape?
(a) To avoid a splash.
(b) To avoid being seen.
(c) To avoid breathing too loudly.
(d) To avoid going through the saloon.

5. To what innocent does the stranger relate his victim as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Uriah.
(b) Abel.
(c) A peasant.
(d) Julius Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon the theory of what do Leggatt and the captain conspire to take advantage?

2. To whom does the Sephora's skipper credit the saving of his ship?

3. The captain says that the threat of Leggatt's discovery by the steward hangs like what?

4. Until what time does the captain, in an unprecedented move, propose to take a watch himself?

5. How does the lifeless body reply to the captain when he calls over the side of the boat?

(see the answer key)

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