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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the captain refer to as his double or other self?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) Legatt.

2. What do the captain and the stranger immediately share in common?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Youth.

3. When found with Legatt, how does the murdered person look?
(a) Black in the face.
(b) The person still looks alive.
(c) Red-faced and bug-eyed.
(d) Deathly pale.

4. Which of the following is NOT suggested as being at the narrator's left hand at the story's beginning?
(a) A small ship.
(b) Towers.
(c) Blockhouses.
(d) Stone walls.

5. What does the captain do after Legatt finishes his tale of escape?
(a) Gives him a blanket and pillow for the cot in the brig.
(b) Lifts him into bed and draws the curtain.
(c) Lays him down on the bed and gives him an extra pillow.
(d) Settles him into one of the beds in the crew's quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain yell over the side of the ship, down the ladder to the body below?

2. What does the captain retrieve for himself from below decks while on his watch?

3. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?

4. To what animal does the captain compare the man after making eye contact?

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

(see the answer key)

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