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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The captain narrates that, after sharing his own story with the stranger, the two men face one another with identical what?
(a) Postures.
(b) Relief.
(c) Stares.
(d) Attitudes.

2. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?
(a) Indian.
(b) Korean.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Paknam.

3. What does Legatt drag behind him as he swims?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His bag.
(c) None of these.
(d) His gun.

4. Who finds it necessary to find a logical reason for every occurrence that comes his way?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The captain.
(d) The second mate.

5. What does the author compare the riding light to?
(a) The stars.
(b) A candle.
(c) The sun.
(d) A flame.

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

7. How long has the crew been together when the captain comes on board?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Two years.

8. What is the captain's name?
(a) Frank.
(b) His name is never stated.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Charles.

9. What is the name of the ship approaching dangerously close to the crew's ship at the beginning of the story?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Sephora.
(c) Tempora.
(d) Tiffanie.

10. Who forms a special bond almost instantly?
(a) The captain and chief mate.
(b) The captain and second mate.
(c) Legatt and the captain.
(d) Legatt and the chief mate.

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

12. How many people are on deck at the beginning of the story?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

13. What does the captain remark on as he takes Legatt below the ship?
(a) Legatt's tatoo is very unique.
(b) Legatt's arm is bleeding.
(c) Legatt's leg is bleeding.
(d) Legatt's face is awfully thin.

14. How does Legatt describe the person he murdered to the captain?
(a) As someone who did not deserve to die.
(b) As someone who deserved the end they got.
(c) As someone who has no business to live at all.
(d) As someone who he respected, but he could not prevent the murder from occurring.

15. For how long has the captain been in command at the start of the tale?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) A month.
(d) Four nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief mate find in his ink well?

2. Where does the captain put the stranger for the rest of the night after their stories have been exchanged?

3. What does the captain close after he and the stranger hear the noise overhead?

4. How old does the captain believe Legatt is?

5. What did the crew members shout when they found Legatt?

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