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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes close to discovering Legatt?
(a) The ship's cook.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The steward.
(d) The chief mate.

2. What does the captain continue to refer to Legatt as through Part 2?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) His other self.
(d) His double.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the final verbally delivered caveat of the captain concerning Leggatt's escape?
(a) To avoid a splash.
(b) To avoid being seen.
(c) To avoid going through the saloon.
(d) To avoid breathing too loudly.

8. Who is the only person who enters the captain's room?
(a) The ship's steward.
(b) The captain.
(c) The second mate.
(d) The chief mate.

9. Who follows the captain leeward after the captain's last words with Leggatt?
(a) The helmsman.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The carpenter.
(d) The second mate.

10. What story does the skipper share with the captain?
(a) The story of Legatt and the murder that took place.
(b) The story of Legatt mysteriously jumping overboard and committing suicide.
(c) The story of an unknown stranger committing murder on his ship.
(d) The story of a man dying during a storm.

11. 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) Absorbed with the feeling of his great ship moving under his command.
(d) Scared, but excited.

12. With what ships' murder stories does the chief mate compare the situation on the Sephora after the departure of the Sephora's captain?
(a) Slaver ships.
(b) Japanese ships.
(c) Yankee ships.
(d) African ships.

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 unhand the murder victim.
(b) To set the reefed foresail.
(c) To search for Leggatt.
(d) To pull in the topsail.

14. Where is Legatt hiding when he is almost discovered?
(a) In the captain's bathroom.
(b) In the captain's bed.
(c) In the captain's state room.
(d) In the captain's closet.

15. What word does Leggatt use to describe the sea while speaking with the captain after the departure of the men from the Sephora?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Blustering.
(c) Mad.
(d) Enraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What direction, relative to the captain, does the white object drift?

2. Roughly how far off the island does the captain plan to steer his ship in order that Leggatt may disembark?

3. What of the island is said to be towering over the ship when the captain opens his eyes?

4. What does the skipper say in response to the suggestion that a wave killed the man?

5. In what activity is the steward engaged when the captain goes below decks after the departure of the Sephora's skipper?

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