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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chief mate tells the second mate, after the captain puts the ship on the other tack, that such a move is a great want of what?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Intellect.

2. What have Legatt and the captain never heard from each other?
(a) Their full names.
(b) Their native language.
(c) They've never heard each other shout.
(d) Their natural voices.

3. What does the steward break when startled by the captain on the second day out?
(a) A dish.
(b) A cup.
(c) A vase.
(d) A door.

4. What feeling is the captain afraid of putting to the test while speaking with the Sephora's skipper?
(a) Radical independence.
(b) Strangeness of being captain.
(c) Tolerance of fools.
(d) Identity with Leggatt.

5. What is a synonymous phrase for the command the captain gives while near the island, "Hard alee"?
(a) Hard with the wind.
(b) Hard against the wind.
(c) Hard port.
(d) Hard starboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has the skipper of the Sephora been captain of the ship?

2. What word does Leggatt use to describe the sea while speaking with the captain after the departure of the men from the Sephora?

3. How far does the Sephora's skipper guess it is from the Sephora to the unnamed ship?

4. What risks are Legatt and the captain taking by keeping Legatt hidden?

5. What color is the skipper's hair?

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