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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the stranger see that he decided to swim towards?
(a) The outline of a mast.
(b) The unnamed ship's riding light.
(c) A waxing moon low in the sky.
(d) The North Star.

2. What shape is the hill on which the pagoda at the story's beginning sits?
(a) Convex.
(b) Dome.
(c) Mitre.
(d) Coconut.

3. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?
(a) Korean.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Indian.
(d) Paknam.

4. Where does the captain put the stranger for the rest of the night after their stories have been exchanged?
(a) His bed.
(b) His bathroom.
(c) Behind his desk.
(d) His couch.

5. How many days has the Sephora been gone from her previous port, according to the second mate?
(a) 178.
(b) 123.
(c) 354.
(d) 92.

6. What does Legatt drag behind him as he swims?
(a) His clothes.
(b) None of these.
(c) His gun.
(d) His bag.

7. In what Gulf is the narrator's ship anchored at the story's beginning?
(a) Carpentaria.
(b) Papua.
(c) Siam.
(d) Tonkin.

8. How did the captain react after Legatt's story?
(a) He was clearly nervous.
(b) None of these.
(c) He was wondering what to do with Legatt.
(d) He remained calm.

9. What does the stranger in the water ask of the captain before boarding the ship?
(a) He said there is no need to call anyone.
(b) None of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) He asks for the captain.

10. Who comes to relieve the captain on deck the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The second mate.
(d) A deck hand.

11. How does Legatt describe the person he murdered to the captain?
(a) As someone who he respected, but he could not prevent the murder from occurring.
(b) As someone who did not deserve to die.
(c) As someone who has no business to live at all.
(d) As someone who deserved the end they got.

12. What did the crew yell when they heard Legatt jump in the sea?
(a) "Man over board!"
(b) "Suicide!"
(c) "Get him!"
(d) "Escape!"

13. What does the captain watch leave once on board the ship?
(a) The tug boat.
(b) A school of dolphins.
(c) The horizon.
(d) A nearby island.

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) Lifts him into bed and draws the curtain.
(c) Settles him into one of the beds in the crew's quarters.
(d) Lays him down on the bed and gives him an extra pillow.

15. Through what straits did the stranger ask the captain of the Sephora to leave his door unlocked?
(a) The Angier Straits.
(b) The Java Straits.
(c) The Sunda Straits.
(d) The Gibraltar Straits.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does the captain initially send the mysterious man as the former's watch is drawing to a close?

2. When did the murder take place?

3. What deity's name is used in the exclamation of the mysterious man on hearing that the narrator is the ship's captain?

4. After focusing his eyes on the body at the end of the rope ladder, what does the captain notice?

5. What does the captain reflect to himself is the soul of discipline while walking aft on his watch?

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