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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Legatt happy to have toward the end of his swim in the sea?
(a) His dignity.
(b) A destination to swim toward.
(c) The strength to continue.
(d) His previous ship behind him.

7. At what time does the captain sit on his couch?
(a) 3 am.
(b) 9 am.
(c) 5 am.
(d) 2 am.

8. What does the captain believe about the body in the water?
(a) He believes it is one of his crew members.
(b) He believes it is a headless corpse.
(c) He believes it is a man from the strange ship.
(d) He believes it is a legless corpse.

9. From where has the Sephora come when first seen by the captain and his crew, according to the second mate?
(a) Montenegro.
(b) Tangiers.
(c) Cardiff.
(d) Cyprus.

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

11. How long of a watch will the captain take in his unprecedented decision?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Eight hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Four hours.

12. Which crew member comes from the Sephora?
(a) None of them.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The second mate.

13. What does the captain close after he and the stranger hear the noise overhead?
(a) The lid of his musicbox.
(b) The porthole.
(c) The door to his bathroom.
(d) The door to his stateroom.

14. What did Legatt do with the articles he removed while swimming in the sea?
(a) He let them sink on their own.
(b) He tied them to a rock so they would sink.
(c) He used them to distract a shark.
(d) None of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the captain watch leave once on board the ship?

3. Who forms a special bond almost instantly?

4. Where was Legatt held during his incarceration?

5. What does the narrator say is at his right hand at the beginning of the story?

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