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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. When found with Legatt, how does the murdered person look?
(a) Red-faced and bug-eyed.
(b) Black in the face.
(c) The person still looks alive.
(d) Deathly pale.

2. Who asks "Might you call him out quietly sir?"
(a) The captain.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The second mate.
(d) Legatt.

3. What does Legatt drag behind him as he swims?
(a) None of these.
(b) His bag.
(c) His gun.
(d) His clothes.

4. What position had Legatt held on his ship?
(a) Deck hand.
(b) Second mate.
(c) Captain.
(d) Chief mate.

5. How does the lifeless body reply to the captain when he calls over the side of the boat?
(a) "Lost."
(b) "Hurt."
(c) "Cramp."
(d) "Help."

Short Answer Questions

1. What duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?

2. Who finds it necessary to find a logical reason for every occurrence that comes his way?

3. Who has curiosity in his eyes when the captain comes on deck the morning after finding Legatt?

4. What sort of sail were the mysterious stranger and his victim setting when the murder occurred?

5. What disturbs the captain's "comfort of quiet communion" with his ship at the story's beginning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once aboard the ship, what does the captain notice about Legatt? What does he determine from Legatt's appearance and mannerisms?

2. What conversation takes place between Legatt and the captain before Legatt comes on board the ship? What does Legatt notice about the captain? Why?

3. How does the captain describe the skipper at the beginning of part two? How does he feel about the skipper?

4. How is the reader introduced to the Sephora? Is there any indication of the importance of the ship in the beginning of the story?

5. What are the initial thoughts of the captain concerning Leggatt when he enters his stateroom after the incident with the steward on the fourth day of traveling?

6. What is significant about the way the author ends the story?

7. How does the mysterious man characterize the victim of his murderous anger?

8. Is there any indication that the crew knows about Legatt's presence on the ship the morning after he arrives? Why or why not?

9. What induces a state of self-possession in the captain while he faces the mysterious man in the water?

10. How does the captain describe the state of Leggatt during the exodus from the gulf?

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