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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Legatt a sense of relief when he is swimming?
(a) The lights of the tug boat.
(b) The riding lignt on the Tempora.
(c) The riding light on the Sephora.
(d) The riding light on the captain's ship.

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

3. What is the ship approaching the crew's ship carrying?
(a) A cargo of coal.
(b) A cargo of wood.
(c) Passengers.
(d) Gold.

4. How does the stranger report having made his clothes sink?
(a) By pushing them under with a long pole.
(b) By tearing them.
(c) By wrapping them up with a stone.
(d) By diving with them and tying them to a rock.

5. What word best describes the weather over the recent evening?
(a) Sweltering.
(b) Chilly.
(c) Calm.
(d) Breezy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain's name?

2. What reason does the skipper of the Sephora give for exploring the islands around his ship?

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

4. Where do the crewmen from the Sephora believe Leggatt is hiding?

5. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?

(see the answer key)

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