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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did the Sephora drift about Carimata?
(a) A week.
(b) Half a month.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Four hours.

2. What does the captain bring Legatt as he boards the ship?
(a) His own sleeping clothes.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) One of the crew member's spare pair of pants.
(d) A blanket.

3. What was the previous occupation of the mysterious man?
(a) First mate.
(b) Cartographer.
(c) Trader.
(d) Second mate.

4. What institution did both the captain and the mysterious man attend?
(a) The India Trading School.
(b) Conway.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Norfolk Provincial.

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

6. What is Legatt happy to have toward the end of his swim in the sea?
(a) His previous ship behind him.
(b) A destination to swim toward.
(c) The strength to continue.
(d) His dignity.

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

8. How long was the last spell of the stranger's swim to the unnamed ship?
(a) Eight hundred feet.
(b) Over two miles.
(c) Over a mile.
(d) A hundred yards.

9. What is to the left of the door in the captain's stateroom?
(a) A coatrack.
(b) A desk.
(c) A couch.
(d) A bed.

10. What does the captain watch leave once on board the ship?
(a) A nearby island.
(b) A school of dolphins.
(c) The horizon.
(d) The tug boat.

11. What prompts the captain's first words to the mysterious man beside his ship?
(a) Anger.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Fear.
(d) Surprise.

12. What does the steward do with the door to the captain's room after first visiting him in the morning?
(a) Latches it shut.
(b) Slams it.
(c) Breaks one of the hinges.
(d) Hooks it open.

13. Who is the youngest man on board the ship?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The captain.
(c) One of the forward hands.
(d) The first mate.

14. Where does the stranger say the skipper of the Sephora's wife is, presently?
(a) On vacation on the Thai mainland.
(b) On board the Sephora.
(c) At the port in Cape Town.
(d) At home in London.

15. What is the name of the river from which the ship has just left at the story's beginning?
(a) Narcissus.
(b) Meinam.
(c) Nessie.
(d) Menimile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could potentially cause tension and frustration between the crew and their new captain?

2. The mysterious stranger says he "felled" his victim like a what?

3. Where does the captain find the ship's rope ladder?

4. Who finds it necessary to find a logical reason for every occurrence that comes his way?

5. For approximately how many weeks had the mysterious stranger been kept captive?

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