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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 could potentially cause tension and frustration between the crew and their new captain?
(a) The captain would be giving orders to a crew that does not speak the same language as him.
(b) The captain would be giving orders to a crew that is older than he is.
(c) The captain would be giving orders to a crew that has more experience than him.
(d) The captain would be giving orders to a crew that is younger than him.

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

3. Where does the captain go at the very end of Part I?
(a) The second mate's quarters.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The deck.
(d) His stateroom.

4. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

5. How old does the captain believe Legatt is?
(a) No younger than thirty.
(b) No older than twenty.
(c) No older than twenty-five.
(d) No younger than forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship does the captain think may be approaching at the end of Part 1?

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

3. Over what uncanny discovery does the stranger reflect after hearing the captain's story?

4. What is the name of the ship approaching dangerously close to the crew's ship at the beginning of the story?

5. On the crew, who is the "odd ball" or the odd man out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the captain outwardly bear himself as the ship nears the island and almost certain doom?

3. What does the captain discuss after the informal meeting with his main officers? Why is this significant?

4. 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?

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. What is signified by the stranger's speech after he hears the plight of the newly-made captain?

7. What plan do Legatt and the captain devise for Legatt's escape? Does the author make the plan seem feasible?

8. Why does the captain bring the skipper to his state room? What does he tell the skipper? Why?

9. How was the murder incited, as the stranger relates it?

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

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