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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 does the captain yell over the side of the ship, down the ladder to the body below?
(a) "What's going on?"
(b) "What's the matter?"
(c) "Ahoy!"
(d) "Who's there?"

2. How long was Legatt under arrest before escaping?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Seven weeks.

3. What does the captain tell his officers, upon first speaking with them in the story, that he saw above the ridge as the sun went down?
(a) The pagoda.
(b) Mastheads.
(c) An eagle.
(d) Men.

4. Who is the youngest man on board the ship?
(a) The first mate.
(b) One of the forward hands.
(c) The captain.
(d) The second mate.

5. Where does the stranger hide after being awakened by the captain?
(a) The storeroom.
(b) Under the bed.
(c) The saloon.
(d) The bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which crew member comes from the Sephora?

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

3. What institution did both the captain and the mysterious man attend?

4. What time does the captain remain on deck until the night they see a strange ship approaching?

5. The mysterious stranger says he "felled" his victim like a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reflection is prompted in the mind of the captain by the sight of the rope ladder still slung over the side of the ship?

2. Who are the main officers on board? How is the reader introduced to these characters? How are they described?

3. How does the stranger report his former companions treating him after the murder?

4. How does the captain smooth over the situation with the steward so that Legatt is not discovered in his quarters?

5. What characterizes the difficulties faced by the captain on his first day of true command?

6. Why does the captain choose to take Legatt to his quarters rather than the brig or the crew's quarters?

7. To what conclusion does the captain's mind first leap when he sees the naked body in the water, and why?

8. Why does the mysterious stranger see himself being tried by a judge and jury something of an absurdity?

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

10. What does the captain tell the skipper at the end of the skipper's story? How does the skipper react? Why?

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