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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the captain feel when he first orders the ship forward?
(a) He was torn, as though part of him was absent.
(b) He felt excited and whole.
(c) He was moved to tears, because this was the moment he'd been waiting for.
(d) He was exhilerated.

2. Who states "Before I left the cabin our eyes met-the eyes of the only two strangers on board"?
(a) The captain.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The skipper.
(d) Legatt.

3. At what does the stranger stare through the porthole while relating his tale to the captain?
(a) A star.
(b) The Sephora.
(c) An islet.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who is most surprised by the ship's course change?
(a) His second mate.
(b) The entire crew.
(c) The engineer.
(d) His chief mate.

5. What day is it when the men from the Sephora come aboard the unnamed ship?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Legatt drag behind him as he swims?

2. What does Legatt tell the captain the person he murdered would do or not do?

3. With what word does the strange man beside the ship respond to the captain's first question?

4. What have Legatt and the captain never heard from each other?

5. What did the captain tell the skipper so that he would speak more loudly?

(see the answer key)

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