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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the murder take place?
(a) On the open water.
(b) During a mutiny.
(c) While the ship was docked at port.
(d) During a huge storm.

2. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Cain.
(c) Vlad the Impaler.
(d) David.

3. What keeps the captain from sleeping the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The ship's foreign destination.
(b) The storm that night.
(c) The strangeness of himself and his arrangement.
(d) The unusual crew aboard the ship.

4. Where does the stranger hide after being awakened by the captain?
(a) Under the bed.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The storeroom.
(d) The saloon.

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

6. What order does the captain give to his second when the latter comes on deck?
(a) To keep an eye on the waves.
(b) To watch for storms.
(c) To listen closely for sounds of distress.
(d) To watch for the wind.

7. Where does the captain sit at his breakfast table?
(a) The foot.
(b) The center port.
(c) The head.
(d) The center starboard.

8. What is the profession of the mysterious man's father?
(a) Politician.
(b) Parson.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Trader.

9. Since what time does the mysterious man claim to have been in the water?
(a) 8 o'clock.
(b) 9 o'clock.
(c) 7:30.
(d) 4 o'clock.

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

11. What time does the captain remain on deck until the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) Two o'clock a.m.
(b) Eleven o'clock p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) One o'clock a.m.

12. Where is the chief mate's ink well located?
(a) Next to his bed.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) On his writing desk.

13. What was the content of the first cry from the crew concerning the stranger's intention in diving off the ship?
(a) Idiocy.
(b) Madness.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Escape.

14. Who does the stranger say has been with the skipper of the Sephora longest amongst the crew?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The chief watchman.
(d) The steward.

15. What point of view is the story told in?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Omniscient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Legatt describe the person he murdered to the captain?

2. How was the murder committed?

3. What was the previous occupation of the mysterious man?

4. The narrator says that only the sky and the sea will be ________to the voyage and task of he and his crew.

5. What did Legatt do with the articles he removed while swimming in the sea?

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