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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. What do the captain and the stranger immediately share in common?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Youth.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Isolation.

2. The narrator says that only the sky and the sea will be ________to the voyage and task of he and his crew.
(a) Spectators.
(b) Judicators.
(c) Judges and friends.
(d) Spectators and judges.

3. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?
(a) Korean.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Indian.
(d) Paknam.

4. What does the captain remark on as he takes Legatt below the ship?
(a) Legatt's face is awfully thin.
(b) Legatt's arm is bleeding.
(c) Legatt's leg is bleeding.
(d) Legatt's tatoo is very unique.

5. What does the captain hear when he is below the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The sound of a small row boat approaching.
(b) The sound of his crew snoring.
(c) The sound of the boat creaking.
(d) The sound of whispers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did the captain hold previously?

2. Why has Legatt fled the ship he was previously aboard?

3. From where does the Sephora hail, according to the second mate?

4. To what animal does the captain compare the man after making eye contact?

5. After focusing his eyes on the body at the end of the rope ladder, what does the captain notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the captain narratively describe the scattered islands on the gulf?

2. What does the captain discover about the stranger upon first speaking with him in the stateroom?

3. Describe the difference between what the captain feels when commanding the ship forward for the first time versus how he should be feeling.

4. How does the unnamed captain comport himself towards the Sephora's skipper?

5. For what reason does the captain issue his order for all hands to go to sleep while he himself takes the watch alone?

6. Briefly, how does the narrator describe the setting of the Gulf of Siam, in which the story opens?

7. How do Legatt and the captain communicate with each other? Why?

8. What happened to Legatt as a result of the murder he is accused of committing? Does the author give any indication that this is out of the ordinary? Why or why not?

9. How does the skipper of the Sephora characterize Leggatt in regards to his position as chief mate?

10. What is significant about Leggatt's rebuttal of the Sephora's skipper's account of the setting of the reefed foresail?

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