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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the hair of the man floating beside the captain's ship?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

2. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Vlad the Impaler.
(b) Brutus.
(c) David.
(d) Cain.

3. What images of the captain and Legatt does the author create?
(a) The two men similar in stature.
(b) The two men wearing identical clothes.
(c) All of these.
(d) The two men standing next to one another.

4. In describing how he committed murder, at what time does the mysterious stranger say he and his victim were setting the sail?
(a) Late at night.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) Morning.

5. Where is the captain as the story opens?
(a) On his new ship.
(b) On the tug boat.
(c) In a row boat.
(d) On the docks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief mate find in his ink well?

2. Where has Legatt come from?

3. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?

4. What is the chief mate notably wearing when the captain decides he must show himself on deck?

5. What does the captain close after he and the stranger hear the noise overhead?

(see the answer key)

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