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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should Legatt get to the water from the captain's ship?
(a) He needs to lower himself to the water with a rope.
(b) He needs to climb back down the rope ladder.
(c) He needs to sneak into the row boat and lower himself down.
(d) He needs to jump in while the captain causes a distraction.

2. Where do the captain and Legatt always speak to each other?
(a) In the captain's state room.
(b) In the cargo area.
(c) In the captain's closet.
(d) In the galley.

3. What does the captain swing and wait helplessly after crying "Hard alee"?
(a) The wheel.
(b) A loose rope.
(c) The keel.
(d) The mainyard.

4. What color is the skipper's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

5. Who suggests that the wave which hit the boat could have killed the man rather than Legatt?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The captain.
(d) The second mate.

6. Who does the captain intend to file a report with regarding Legatt's situation on the Sephora?
(a) His owners.
(b) The port authority.
(c) His employer.
(d) The local government.

7. Where does the captain tell the crew to steer the ship after parting ways with Legatt?
(a) None of these.
(b) Further into sea.
(c) Closer to the nearby islands.
(d) Into the stronger currents.

8. Why does the captain attempt to sway the skipper's concentration?
(a) So that he will stop telling his boring story.
(b) So he won't discover Legatt.
(c) So that he will not ask the captain questions.
(d) So he won't upset the captain's crew.

9. In what activity is the steward engaged when the captain goes below decks after the departure of the Sephora's skipper?
(a) Setting the table.
(b) Polishing the silver.
(c) Repairing a door.
(d) Sweeping the floor.

10. When was the order given for a "reefed foresail"?
(a) Before the wave crashed over the Sephora.
(b) After the storm rolled in.
(c) As the storm rolled in.
(d) After the wave crashed over the Sephora.

11. What oddity of appearance had the captain affected all the fifth day of traveling?
(a) Wearing a bizarre, tall, and stiff hat.
(b) Wearing India-rubber boots despite calm weather.
(c) Not changing from his sleeping suit.
(d) Having only shaven half his face.

12. Which of the following does the captain not explicitly say is against him and his mysterious double?
(a) The silence of night.
(b) The quietness of the ship.
(c) The crew of his ship.
(d) The stillness of air and water.

13. What is the captain alerted to after Leggatt has related the truth of the reefed foresail?
(a) The dying of the wind.
(b) The return of the Sephora's skipper.
(c) The swelling of the sea.
(d) The rising of the wind.

14. How does the skipper feel about Legatt?
(a) He was one of his favorite officers.
(b) He says that he never did like him.
(c) He says that he was not an outgoing person, but well-liked by him and the crew.
(d) He says that he was very fond of him.

15. What color is the skipper of the Sephora's facial hair?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the captain wonder about the skipper's personality?

2. According to the skipper, who called for a "reefed foresail" aboard the Sephora?

3. Where do the two captains speak to one another at the beginning of Part 2?

4. What does the captain question after Legatt is almost discovered?

5. What does the steward bring into the captain's quarters to finish drying on the fourth day out?

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