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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What noise makes the captain start while Leggatt has a hold of his arm?
(a) The steward setting the table in the saloon.
(b) The supper bell.
(c) The first mate knocking at the door.
(d) The call for raised winds.

2. How did the captain attempt to get more information from the skipper?
(a) He brought him to his state room.
(b) He took him to the control room.
(c) He took him to the galley for a meal.
(d) None of these.

3. How does the captain's behavior throughout his conversation with the skipper cause the skipper to react?
(a) It kept the skipper focused on the telling the story and not asking questions.
(b) It angered the skipper.
(c) It began to arouse distrust in the skipper.
(d) It had no effect on the skipper.

4. At what hour does the captain instruct the chief mate to put the ship round after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?
(a) Eleven o'clock.
(b) Ten o'clock.
(c) Seven o'clock.
(d) Eight o'clock.

5. Where does the captain take the ship after agreeing that Legatt should leave?
(a) He took the ship further out into sea.
(b) He kept the ship on course, but increased the ship's speed.
(c) He took the ship toward the nearest port.
(d) He took the ship towards a group of islands.

6. On the captain's suggestion, where does Leggatt spend most of his time while the ship is on its way?
(a) The couch.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The storeroom.
(d) The bed.

7. How does the skipper respond to the captain stating he will have to file a report on Legatt's situation on the Sephora?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) He asks what expertise the captain has on the subject involved.
(c) Both of these.
(d) He asks what authority the captain has on the subject involved.

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

9. The captain says that the threat of Leggatt's discovery by the steward hangs like what?
(a) The headsman's axe.
(b) A guillotine.
(c) Ugly stormclouds.
(d) A sword overhead.

10. To whom is the Sephora's skipper anxious to give up his former first mate?
(a) Anyone.
(b) The natives.
(c) The sea.
(d) The law.

11. Who does the captain believe is harmless, even though he poses the largest threat to finding Legatt?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The ship's cook.
(c) The steward.
(d) The second mate.

12. What does the captain question after Legatt is almost discovered?
(a) Why he has agreed to hide and help Legatt.
(b) Whether Legatt will inevitably be discovered.
(c) None of these.
(d) The fact that Legatt is only visible to him.

13. What white object does the captain see floating on the sea?
(a) A body.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A piece of paper.
(d) His hat.

14. What eccentricity unconsciously enters the speech of the captain to his first mate?
(a) Whispering.
(b) Breaking off mid-sentence.
(c) Mumbling.
(d) Undulating volume.

15. How far from the mainland does the Sephora's skipper estimate his ship is anchored in Part 2?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Seven miles.
(c) Eight miles.
(d) Three miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the skipper of the Sephora say he will have to report to his owners concerning Leggatt?

2. What on the part of the captain arouses the suspicion of the Sephora's skipper concerning the disappearance of Leggatt?

3. What did the captain observe about the skipper's height?

4. Who suggests that the wave which hit the boat could have killed the man rather than Legatt?

5. Where would Legatt hide regularly during the day?

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