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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should Legatt get to the water from the captain's ship?
(a) He needs to climb back down the rope ladder.
(b) He needs to jump in while the captain causes a distraction.
(c) He needs to lower himself to the water with a rope.
(d) He needs to sneak into the row boat and lower himself down.

2. How does Legatt suggest that he flee the ship?
(a) By taking a smaller boat off the ship in the middle of the night.
(b) By swimming to the nearest ship.
(c) By swimming to the nearest port.
(d) By being marooned among nearby islands.

3. When does someone come close to discovering Legatt?
(a) When the cook brings the captain his breakfast.
(b) When the steward brings the captain's coat to his state room to dry.
(c) When the second mate comes to alert the captain to the presence of a stow away on board.
(d) When the chief mate comes to give the captain a weather report.

4. Where do the two captains speak to one another at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) On the quarter-deck.
(b) The stateroom.
(c) On deck.
(d) The saloon.

5. To what animal does the captain compare the man after making eye contact?
(a) An ape.
(b) A fish.
(c) A dog.
(d) A dolphin.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the crew, who is the "odd ball" or the odd man out?

2. What does the steward do with the door to the captain's room after first visiting him in the morning?

3. Who does the stranger say has been with the skipper of the Sephora longest amongst the crew?

4. When found with Legatt, how does the murdered person look?

5. Where do the crewmen from the Sephora believe Leggatt is hiding?

(see the answer key)

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