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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain remark on as he takes Legatt below the ship?
(a) Legatt's leg is bleeding.
(b) Legatt's arm is bleeding.
(c) Legatt's face is awfully thin.
(d) Legatt's tatoo is very unique.

2. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?
(a) Paknam.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Indian.

3. What faces the door of the captain's stateroom?
(a) A map.
(b) A desk.
(c) A coat rack.
(d) A bed.

4. For how long has the captain been in command at the start of the tale?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Four nights.

5. How did the boat get to its location at the beginning of the book?
(a) By tug boat.
(b) It was built there at the port.
(c) None of these.
(d) It sailed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long of a watch will the captain take in his unprecedented decision?

3. In what Gulf is the narrator's ship anchored at the story's beginning?

4. What does the captain reflect to himself is the soul of discipline while walking aft on his watch?

5. At what time does the captain sit on his couch?

(see the answer key)

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