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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds it necessary to find a logical reason for every occurrence that comes his way?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The captain.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The chief mate.

2. What does the captain reflect to himself is the soul of discipline while walking aft on his watch?
(a) Clarity in the ship's order.
(b) A strict regimen.
(c) Precision in all appearances.
(d) Exactitude in some small manners.

3. What time does the captain remain on deck until the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) One o'clock a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Two o'clock a.m.
(d) Eleven o'clock p.m.

4. What does the stranger think of the captain?
(a) He is friendly.
(b) He is young.
(c) He is astute.
(d) All of these.

5. Where did the other crew members find Legatt with the deceased?
(a) In a bar at port.
(b) Under a pile of debris.
(c) Under the pier.
(d) Hanging from the side of the ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the chief mate's ink well located?

2. What does Legatt tell the captain the person he murdered would do or not do?

3. What does the captain discover when he tries to pull the rope ladder up?

4. In what Gulf is the narrator's ship anchored at the story's beginning?

5. Who comes to relieve the captain on deck the night they see a strange ship approaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What most strongly fascinates the captain about the stranger?

2. How is the chief mate characterized according to the descriptions given by the captain in the early part of the story?

3. What is the significance of the Sephora's captain according the saving of his ship to the hand of God?

4. Why does the captain's order for all hands to turn in without setting an anchor watch astonish the rest of the crew?

5. Why is the captain's quarters comfortable enough for both grown men? Where do each of the men retire? What does this demonstrate?

6. What is significant about the realization the captain has while planning below decks with Leggatt as to how close the ship will come to the island?

7. What does Legatt do once he is in the water? Why?

8. Why does the captain say that it is trying to be on deck, but it is also trying to be down below? What does he mean?

9. Why is it more important than ever that the crew not know about Legatt being on board after the skipper leaves?

10. It is clear what purpose the captain serves in Legatt's life. What purpose does Legatt serve the captain?

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