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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who awakens the captain the morning after he finds Legatt?
(a) The steward.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The second mate.

2. Back on the top deck, the night they see a strange ship approaching, how does the captain describe the atmosphere?
(a) Completely calm.
(b) Still.
(c) All of these.
(d) Profoundly silent.

3. After focusing his eyes on the body at the end of the rope ladder, what does the captain notice?
(a) The body has a head of black hair.
(b) The body has a head of brown hair.
(c) The body has two legs.
(d) None of these.

4. What is to the left of the door in the captain's stateroom?
(a) A couch.
(b) A desk.
(c) A bed.
(d) A coatrack.

5. What does the captain fetch for the mysterious man as the latter begins to board the ship?
(a) Manacles.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Clothes.

6. Who does the captain tell "to let all hands turn in without setting an anchor watch" the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The deck hand.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The chief mate.

7. What institution did both the captain and the mysterious man attend?
(a) Norfolk Provincial.
(b) Oxford.
(c) The India Trading School.
(d) Conway.

8. The narrator says that only the sky and the sea will be ________to the voyage and task of he and his crew.
(a) Judicators.
(b) Spectators and judges.
(c) Judges and friends.
(d) Spectators.

9. What did the captain's ship represent to Legatt while he was swimming in the sea?
(a) All of these.
(b) Relaxation.
(c) Rest.
(d) Restitution.

10. How did the stranger kill his victim?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Stabbing.
(d) External trauma.

11. What is the name of the river from which the ship has just left at the story's beginning?
(a) Nessie.
(b) Menimile.
(c) Narcissus.
(d) Meinam.

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

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

14. What does the captain do after Legatt finishes his tale of escape?
(a) Gives him a blanket and pillow for the cot in the brig.
(b) Settles him into one of the beds in the crew's quarters.
(c) Lifts him into bed and draws the curtain.
(d) Lays him down on the bed and gives him an extra pillow.

15. At what location did the stranger ask to speak with the captain of the Sephora?
(a) Meinam.
(b) Angora.
(c) Java Head.
(d) Japhora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps the captain from sleeping the night they see a strange ship approaching?

2. What ship does the captain think may be approaching at the end of Part 1?

3. How long has the crew been together when the captain comes on board?

4. Who is described as a comical character with abundant whiskers?

5. What does the captain set to fixing as a repair of the breached discipline on his ship while on his watch?

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