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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?
(a) He keeps watch over the ship's direction.
(b) None of these.
(c) He watches for iceburgs.
(d) He keeps watch over the anchor.

2. For what did the stranger win a prize his second year in the Conway?
(a) Chess.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Fencing.

3. What bizarre, mysterious inquiry does the stranger make without being explicitly quoted in the text?
(a) Where are we?
(b) What time is it?
(c) Where is the sultan?
(d) Who am I?

4. How long has the crew been together when the captain comes on board?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Two years.

5. Whom does the captain say he will have relieve him after his unprecedented watch alone?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The steward.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does the mysterious stranger say the skipper of the Sephora had been without sleep?

2. Who is the youngest member of the crew?

3. What does the captain watch leave once on board the ship?

4. What did the crew members shout when they found Legatt?

5. What does the narrator say is at his right hand at the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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