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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the hair of the man floating beside the captain's ship?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

2. In describing how he committed murder, at what time does the mysterious stranger say he and his victim were setting the sail?
(a) Morning.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Late at night.
(d) Early afternoon.

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

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

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

7. Where is the captain's riding light?
(a) The fore rigging.
(b) The port rigging.
(c) The crow's nest.
(d) The aft rigging.

8. Where has Legatt come from?
(a) The nearby ship, Tempora.
(b) The tug boat.
(c) A nearby port.
(d) The nearby ship, Sephora.

9. What does the captain reflect to himself is the soul of discipline while walking aft on his watch?
(a) Clarity in the ship's order.
(b) A strict regimen.
(c) Exactitude in some small manners.
(d) Precision in all appearances.

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

11. How was the murder committed?
(a) Both of these.
(b) The ship was hit by a large wave.
(c) Legatt grabbed the person by the throat.
(d) Neither of these.

12. Until what time does the captain, in an unprecedented move, propose to take a watch himself?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Three in the morning.
(c) One in the morning.
(d) Eleven at night.

13. With what word does the strange man beside the ship respond to the captain's first question?
(a) "Sin."
(b) "Death."
(c) "Cramp."
(d) "Tired."

14. What does Legatt tell the captain the person he murdered would do or not do?
(a) The person murdered wouldn't allow others to do their job.
(b) Both of these.
(c) None of these.
(d) The person murdered wouldn't work.

15. What does the captain cite as the chief mate's "dominant trait"?
(a) Insincere appearance of consideration.
(b) Convoluted discourse on political matters.
(c) Earnest consideration of all things.
(d) Meddling in affairs not his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did the second mate receive his information regarding the Sephora?

2. At what does the stranger stare through the porthole while relating his tale to the captain?

3. What color are the curtains around the captain's bed?

4. Why has Legatt fled the ship he was previously aboard?

5. How long has the captain been a captain?

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