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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leggatt do that nearly alerted the steward to his presence just before the latter broke an object on the second day out?
(a) Fall asleep on the couch.
(b) Put his hand out the porthole.
(c) Open the door.
(d) Make a noise.

2. What is the name of the Sephora's skipper?
(a) Johnstone.
(b) Devlon.
(c) Acton.
(d) Archbold.

3. What does the helmsman complain of not being able to see well while close to the island?
(a) The island.
(b) The keel.
(c) The bow.
(d) The sails.

4. What time does the captain go up on deck after deciding Legatt should leave?
(a) One o'clock a.m.
(b) Eleven o'clock p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Ten o'clock p.m.

5. What does the captain say to the Sephora's skipper is the cause of his being hard of hearing?
(a) Birth defect.
(b) Disease.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) A swimming accident.

6. What is the major source of symbolism in Part 2 of the story?
(a) None of these.
(b) The ship catching a current and speeding away from Legatt.
(c) The ship almost running aground.
(d) The captain keeping information from his crew.

7. The captain says that his hesitation to let Leggatt swim away from his ship was a mere sham ____________.
(a) Sentiment.
(b) Precept.
(c) Pretense.
(d) Confabulation.

8. Who decides it is time for Legatt to leave the ship?
(a) The captain.
(b) None of these.
(c) The chief mate, once he discovers Legatt is on board.
(d) Legatt.

9. 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.

10. What is the second mate's physical reaction to the captain's interaction with the steward on the fourth day out?
(a) Raised eyes.
(b) A quivering lip.
(c) Twitching fingers.
(d) Hunched shoulders.

11. How does the skipper react when it is suggested that the wave, not Legatt, killed the man?
(a) He was saddened.
(b) He was unfazed by the comment.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was shocked.

12. When does someone come close to discovering Legatt?
(a) When the chief mate comes to give the captain a weather report.
(b) When the cook brings the captain his breakfast.
(c) When the second mate comes to alert the captain to the presence of a stow away on board.
(d) When the steward brings the captain's coat to his state room to dry.

13. Who is the "secret sharer"?
(a) Fate.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The sea.
(d) Leggatt.

14. To what does the captain walk at the very end of the story?
(a) The bow.
(b) The quarter-deck.
(c) The taffrail.
(d) His stateroom.

15. Who says "I think I had come creeping quietly as near insanity as any man who has not actually gone over the border"?
(a) Legatt.
(b) The captain.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the gold coins in the story called?

2. To whom is the Sephora's skipper anxious to give up his former first mate?

3. The captain says that the threat of Leggatt's discovery by the steward hangs like what?

4. What oddity of appearance had the captain affected all the fifth day of traveling?

5. To what part of the ship, excepting the lobby, does the sail locker have access?

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