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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What else does the captain give Legatt before he leaves the ship?
(a) A compass.
(b) None of these.
(c) A change of clothes.
(d) A floppy straw hat.

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

4. How does the captain feel when he first orders the ship forward?
(a) He was torn, as though part of him was absent.
(b) He was moved to tears, because this was the moment he'd been waiting for.
(c) He was exhilerated.
(d) He felt excited and whole.

5. 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) Intellect.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Wisdom.

6. What of the island is said to be towering over the ship when the captain opens his eyes?
(a) The moon.
(b) The southern hill.
(c) The northern hill.
(d) A mysterious and massive ship.

7. How does the skipper respond to the captain stating he will have to file a report on Legatt's situation on the Sephora?
(a) He asks what expertise the captain has on the subject involved.
(b) He asks what authority the captain has on the subject involved.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

8. What does the captain point out as the skipper's main characteristic?
(a) "Spiritful tenacity".
(b) "Spiteful tenacity".
(c) "Spiritless tenacity".
(d) "Stupendous tenacity."

9. How did the skipper respond each time the captain spoke to him?
(a) He shouted angrily.
(b) He spoke low and slowly.
(c) He grumbled angrily.
(d) He mumbled his answer.

10. What have Legatt and the captain never heard from each other?
(a) Their natural voices.
(b) Their full names.
(c) Their native language.
(d) They've never heard each other shout.

11. Who is most surprised by the ship's course change?
(a) The engineer.
(b) His second mate.
(c) The entire crew.
(d) His chief mate.

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

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

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

15. What does the captain try to ram on the head of Leggatt in the dark of the sail locker?
(a) A tall hat.
(b) A floppy hat
(c) A black skull cap.
(d) A knotted rope.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the crew discover through the skipper's visit to the captain's ship?

4. How many hills are on the island upon which the captain plans to deposit Leggatt?

5. Who says the threat of discovery "hung like a sword over our heads"?

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