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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Legatt escape from his incarceration?
(a) The jail door was left unlocked.
(b) His cabin door was left unlocked.
(c) The brig door was left unlocked.
(d) The captain's cabin door was left unlocked.

2. What does the helmsman complain of not being able to see well while close to the island?
(a) The bow.
(b) The island.
(c) The keel.
(d) The sails.

3. Where does the captain take the ship after agreeing that Legatt should leave?
(a) He kept the ship on course, but increased the ship's speed.
(b) He took the ship towards a group of islands.
(c) He took the ship toward the nearest port.
(d) He took the ship further out into sea.

4. When does the captain change the ship's direction at the end of the story?
(a) When the ship can get no closer to land without crashing.
(b) After he knows Legatt is successfully off the ship.
(c) When the ship can no longer handle the swirling currents.
(d) When he can no longer take the chief mate's arguments.

5. At what time does the captain sit on his couch?
(a) 2 am.
(b) 9 am.
(c) 3 am.
(d) 5 am.

Short Answer Questions

1. How deep does the Sephora draw, according to the second mate?

2. What does the captain narrate as being "not barren of ingenious suggestions" while speaking with the Sephora's skipper?

3. What does the chief mate find in his ink well?

4. What do the stranger and the captain hear overhead after the stranger has finished telling his tale?

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

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