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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does the Sephora's skipper guess it is from the Sephora to the unnamed ship?
(a) Four hundred yards.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) One mile.

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

3. According to Legatt, who called for a "reefed foresail" aboard the Sephora?
(a) Legatt.
(b) The skipper.
(c) The second mate.
(d) The engineer.

4. What feeling is the captain afraid of putting to the test while speaking with the Sephora's skipper?
(a) Tolerance of fools.
(b) Radical independence.
(c) Identity with Leggatt.
(d) Strangeness of being captain.

5. Off what does Leggatt say he has been driven in his speech insisting he be marooned?
(a) The earth.
(b) Civilization.
(c) The Sephora.
(d) All ships.

6. How should the captain be feeling when he orders the ship forward?
(a) Disappointed that he can't share this experience with his friend.
(b) Nervous about his secret stow away.
(c) Scared, but excited.
(d) Absorbed with the feeling of his great ship moving under his command.

7. What does the captain doubt when he finds Leggatt standing bolt upright in his room after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?
(a) Leggatt's bodily existence.
(b) The eyesight of the steward.
(c) The reality of the world.
(d) The sanity of his mind.

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

9. What day is it when the men from the Sephora come aboard the unnamed ship?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

10. What causes the captain's heart to fly into his throat once back on deck after parting ways with Legatt?
(a) How close the ship gets to land.
(b) The idea that Legatt is leaving.
(c) How quickly the ship gains speed.
(d) How quickly the ship is taken by a current.

11. How does the captain feel when he is on deck with the crew, knowing Legatt is hiding below?
(a) All of these.
(b) It was trying to be on deck.
(c) He doesn't feel whole.
(d) He feels torn.

12. The chief mate tells the second mate, after the captain puts the ship on the other tack, that such a move is a great want of what?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Common sense.

13. Where did the steward hang the wet coat?
(a) The bedpost.
(b) The coatrack.
(c) The desk chair.
(d) The bathroom.

14. What physical abnormality did the captain notice about the skipper?
(a) One of his legs was more crooked than the other.
(b) One of his legs was shorter than the other.
(c) One of his arms was shorter than the other.
(d) None of these.

15. Past what hour, after supper, does the captain return below decks to tell Leggatt it is dark enough?
(a) Ten o'clock.
(b) Eleven o'clock.
(c) Eight o'clock.
(d) Nine o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it more important to keep Legatt hidden after the skipper's visit to the captain's ship?

2. How did the captain attempt to get more information from the skipper?

3. What did Leggatt do that nearly alerted the steward to his presence just before the latter broke an object on the second day out?

4. What does the captain say will prevent him from filing a report on Legatt's situation on the Sephora?

5. Where does the captain tell the crew to steer the ship after parting ways with Legatt?

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