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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Legatt escape from his incarceration?
(a) The captain's cabin door was left unlocked.
(b) His cabin door was left unlocked.
(c) The jail door was left unlocked.
(d) The brig door was left unlocked.

2. How does Legatt describe the person he murdered to the captain?
(a) As someone who has no business to live at all.
(b) As someone who did not deserve to die.
(c) As someone who deserved the end they got.
(d) As someone who he respected, but he could not prevent the murder from occurring.

3. What does the narrator say is at his right hand at the beginning of the story?
(a) Fishing stakes.
(b) Blockhouses.
(c) The westering sun.
(d) Stone walls.

4. What does the steward bring into the captain's room after knocking?
(a) The captain's compass.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) A biscuit.

5. At what location did the stranger ask to speak with the captain of the Sephora?
(a) Japhora.
(b) Angora.
(c) Meinam.
(d) Java Head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the stranger kill his victim?

2. Who asks "Might you call him out quietly sir?"

3. Back on the top deck, the night they see a strange ship approaching, how does the captain describe the atmosphere?

4. What shape is the captain's stateroom?

5. Why did Legatt jump in the water and begin swimming?

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