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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain question after Legatt is almost discovered?
(a) Whether Legatt will inevitably be discovered.
(b) None of these.
(c) Why he has agreed to hide and help Legatt.
(d) The fact that Legatt is only visible to him.

2. What makes the new course dangerous for the ship?
(a) The crew's disagreement with the new direction.
(b) The captain's inexperience.
(c) The ship's size.
(d) The ship's poor ability to maneuver.

3. How did the stranger kill his victim?
(a) Drowning.
(b) External trauma.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Stabbing.

4. How many coins does the captain have before he gives some to Legatt?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

5. How should Legatt get to the water from the captain's ship?
(a) He needs to sneak into the row boat and lower himself down.
(b) He needs to climb back down the rope ladder.
(c) He needs to lower himself to the water with a rope.
(d) He needs to jump in while the captain causes a distraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what time does the captain, in an unprecedented move, propose to take a watch himself?

2. From whom did the second mate receive his information regarding the Sephora?

3. What did Leggatt do that nearly alerted the steward to his presence just before the latter broke an object on the second day out?

4. What does the captain hear under the poop deck?

5. Behind what had the stranger been hiding upon the captain's arrival in the stateroom?

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