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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the captain hear under the poop deck?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Chimes.
(c) A moan.
(d) A hand bell.

3. Behind what had the stranger been hiding upon the captain's arrival in the stateroom?
(a) The bed.
(b) A bookcase.
(c) The desk.
(d) Coats.

4. Who asks "Might you call him out quietly sir?"
(a) The second mate.
(b) The captain.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) Legatt.

5. How does Legatt try to defend himself when he is accused of murder?
(a) He has no defense.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He tries to blame another person.
(d) He tries to say that it was an accident.

6. What prompts the captain's first words to the mysterious man beside his ship?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

7. What sort of sail were the mysterious stranger and his victim setting when the murder occurred?
(a) A mainsail.
(b) A spinnaker.
(c) A reefed foresail.
(d) A mizensail.

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

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

10. What is the name of the ship?
(a) The Water Lady.
(b) The ship's name is never given.
(c) None of these.
(d) The Sea Nymph.

11. What does the captain discover when he tries to pull the rope ladder up?
(a) It's broken.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) It's too heavy to pull up.
(d) Both of these.

12. What does the captain tell his officers, upon first speaking with them in the story, that he saw above the ridge as the sun went down?
(a) The pagoda.
(b) Mastheads.
(c) Men.
(d) An eagle.

13. What does the captain mention after his meeting with the officers on board the ship?
(a) How hard the crew has been working.
(b) How well the crew has been getting along.
(c) How hard the officers have been working.
(d) How well the officers have been getting along.

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

15. Where was Legatt held during his incarceration?
(a) In his cabin.
(b) In a jail at the last port.
(c) In the brig.
(d) In the captain's cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the steward do with the door to the captain's room after first visiting him in the morning?

2. What does the captain do after settling Legatt in for the night?

3. Which crew member comes from the Sephora?

4. At what time does the captain sit on his couch?

5. Whom does the captain say he will have relieve him after his unprecedented watch alone?

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