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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what hour does the captain go on deck after making the plan to maroon Leggatt?
(a) Ten at night.
(b) Eleven at night.
(c) One in the morning.
(d) Midnight.

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

3. Which side of the gulf does the captain narrate as being fringed with islands?
(a) The east.
(b) The north.
(c) The west.
(d) The south.

4. What order does Leggatt claim the Sephora's skipper never gave but claimed to have given to the captain of the unnamed ship?
(a) To unhand the murder victim.
(b) To pull in the topsail.
(c) To set the reefed foresail.
(d) To search for Leggatt.

5. What duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?
(a) He keeps watch over the ship's direction.
(b) He keeps watch over the anchor.
(c) None of these.
(d) He watches for iceburgs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain doubt when he finds Leggatt standing bolt upright in his room after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?

2. Over what uncanny discovery does the stranger reflect after hearing the captain's story?

3. Who tells the crew about the approaching ship at the beginning of the story?

4. What does the steward bring into the captain's room after knocking?

5. Who finds it necessary to find a logical reason for every occurrence that comes his way?

(see the answer key)

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