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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the lifeless body reply to the captain when he calls over the side of the boat?
(a) "Hurt."
(b) "Cramp."
(c) "Help."
(d) "Lost."

2. How deep does the Sephora draw, according to the second mate?
(a) Fifteen feet.
(b) 80 feet.
(c) Twenty feet.
(d) Ten feet.

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

4. What do the captain and the stranger immediately share in common?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Youth.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Apathy.

5. 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 the wind.
(c) To watch for storms.
(d) To listen closely for sounds of distress.

6. What does the captain retrieve for himself from below decks while on his watch?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A compass.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A pair of slippers.

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

8. Where does the stranger say the skipper of the Sephora's wife is, presently?
(a) On board the Sephora.
(b) On vacation on the Thai mainland.
(c) At home in London.
(d) At the port in Cape Town.

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

10. What did the crew members shout when they found Legatt?
(a) "Murderer!"
(b) "Help him!"
(c) "You're under arrest!"
(d) "Grab him!"

11. Who is described as young, round-cheeked, quiet, and serious?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The captain.
(d) The chief mate.

12. What does the captain eat at breakfast?
(a) A biscuit.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A hard-boiled egg.
(d) Toast with jam.

13. What position had Legatt held on his ship?
(a) Captain.
(b) Chief mate.
(c) Deck hand.
(d) Second mate.

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

15. To what innocent does the stranger relate his victim as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Uriah.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Abel.
(d) A peasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?

2. What does the captain tell his steward to do while the former takes a bath?

3. What time does the captain remain on deck until the night they see a strange ship approaching?

4. The shadows of what are flung far eastward by the setting sun, as described after the Gulf is named?

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

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