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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 stranger think of the captain?
(a) He is friendly.
(b) He is astute.
(c) All of these.
(d) He is young.

2. What does the captain see in the beginning of the story?
(a) Ocean on one side and a port on the other.
(b) Islets on one side and ocean on the other.
(c) Islands on one side and a port on the other.
(d) Islands on one side and ocean on the other.

3. How old does the captain believe Legatt is?
(a) No younger than thirty.
(b) No older than twenty.
(c) No younger than forty.
(d) No older than twenty-five.

4. In describing how he committed murder, at what time does the mysterious stranger say he and his victim were setting the sail?
(a) Late at night.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Morning.

5. What is the captain alerted to after Leggatt has related the truth of the reefed foresail?
(a) The dying of the wind.
(b) The rising of the wind.
(c) The swelling of the sea.
(d) The return of the Sephora's skipper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the murder take place?

2. What did the captain's ship represent to Legatt while he was swimming in the sea?

3. Since what time does the mysterious man claim to have been in the water?

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

5. What does Legatt assure the captain about their plan?

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