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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What white object does the captain see floating on the sea?
(a) A shirt.
(b) A piece of paper.
(c) A body.
(d) His hat.

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

3. Where do the crewmen from the Sephora believe Leggatt is hiding?
(a) On one of the islets.
(b) On the mainland.
(c) Aboard the unnamed ship.
(d) Aboard the Sephora.

4. For how long has the skipper of the Sephora been captain of the ship?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. Which ports does the captain oddly order the second mate to have opened?
(a) The ports in his stateroom.
(b) The sail locker ports.
(c) The starboard ports on the saloon.
(d) Those of the quarter-deck.

6. When does the captain know that Legatt has successfully left the ship?
(a) When Legatt bangs on the side of the ship.
(b) When the floppy hat is in the water.
(c) When the captain sees the small row boat behind the ship.
(d) When Legatt signals the captain from the water.

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

8. Next to what mythological place is Erebus, to which the captain relates the situation of his ship, located according to the proper myth?
(a) Hades.
(b) Naraka.
(c) Valhalla.
(d) Olympus.

9. What makes the new course dangerous for the ship?
(a) The ship's poor ability to maneuver.
(b) The ship's size.
(c) The captain's inexperience.
(d) The crew's disagreement with the new direction.

10. What are the only reasons someone would enter the captain's state room?
(a) To wake the captain.
(b) To bring the captain charts and weather information.
(c) To bring the captain meals and to clean.
(d) To call the captain to the deck.

11. What does the chief mate postulate as the fate of Leggatt after the crew from the Sephora leaves the unnamed ship?
(a) Hidden on the tugboat.
(b) Escape to the mainland.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Vanishing.

12. What does the captain question after Legatt is almost discovered?
(a) Whether Legatt will inevitably be discovered.
(b) None of these.
(c) The fact that Legatt is only visible to him.
(d) Why he has agreed to hide and help Legatt.

13. What order does Leggatt claim the Sephora's skipper never gave but claimed to have given to the captain of the unnamed ship?
(a) To set the reefed foresail.
(b) To pull in the topsail.
(c) To search for Leggatt.
(d) To unhand the murder victim.

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

15. Where did Legatt hide while the captain and skipper spoke?
(a) He was hiding in the same room as them.
(b) He jumped into the sea.
(c) He was hanging over the side of the ship.
(d) He was hiding in the storage area.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hour does the captain instruct the chief mate to put the ship round after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?

2. What is the name of the Sephora's skipper?

3. Who does the captain begin to hate the sight and sound of?

4. Who suggests that the wave which hit the boat could have killed the man rather than Legatt?

5. When does the captain change the ship's direction at the end of the story?

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