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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point of view is the story told in?
(a) Third person.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

2. 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) Spectators.
(c) Judges and friends.
(d) Spectators and judges.

3. What does the captain at first believe the man beside his ship in the water to be?
(a) A floating barrel.
(b) A headless corpse.
(c) A dead shark.
(d) A strange creature.

4. Who has curiosity in his eyes when the captain comes on deck the morning after finding Legatt?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The deck hand.
(d) The second mate.

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

6. The mysterious stranger says he "felled" his victim like a what?
(a) Boar.
(b) Bear.
(c) Ox.
(d) Tree.

7. Where does the captain take Legatt after he tells the captain his story?
(a) The brig.
(b) The storage area.
(c) His state room.
(d) The crew's quarters.

8. What keeps the captain from sleeping the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The unusual crew aboard the ship.
(b) The storm that night.
(c) The ship's foreign destination.
(d) The strangeness of himself and his arrangement.

9. How old does the captain believe Legatt is?
(a) No younger than forty.
(b) No older than twenty.
(c) No older than twenty-five.
(d) No younger than thirty.

10. Where did the stranger first hide from those searching for him after he escaped the Sephora?
(a) The nearest islet.
(b) On the tugboat.
(c) Under the Sephora.
(d) On the unnamed ship.

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

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

13. Where does the captain sit at his breakfast table?
(a) The center starboard.
(b) The center port.
(c) The head.
(d) The foot.

14. What does the captain bring Legatt as he boards the ship?
(a) His own sleeping clothes.
(b) A blanket.
(c) One of the crew member's spare pair of pants.
(d) A cup of coffee.

15. What does the stranger in the water ask of the captain before boarding the ship?
(a) He asks for the captain.
(b) None of these.
(c) He said there is no need to call anyone.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain discover when he tries to pull the rope ladder up?

2. What could potentially cause tension and frustration between the crew and their new captain?

3. What does the captain mention after his meeting with the officers on board the ship?

4. What is the profession of the mysterious man's father?

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

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