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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Legatt need to exit the ship?
2. What does the skipper say in response to the suggestion that a wave killed the man?
3. What did Leggatt do that nearly alerted the steward to his presence just before the latter broke an object on the second day out?
4. After Leggatt makes his small gesture to the captain, what shout breaks the spell of silence on decks?
5. For how long has the skipper of the Sephora been captain of the ship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It's clear that "The Secret Sharer" focuses on the consequences of secrets. What lesson does the author share with the reader on both keeping secrets and sharing them? Give examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
In the last sentence of the book, the captain narrates that Leggatt "had lowered himself into the water to take his punishment." Compose an essay which carefully examines the manner in which Leggatt is punished. The captain helps the other man - but to what end? Does it seem a fitting punishment for Leggatt to be marooned, stranded, and cast into another society? Is this punishment enough? Is it too much? What were the available alternatives of punishment that might have awaited him in England? What good will such a punishment do?
Essay Topic 3
Compose an analytical essay concerning the manner in which the unnamed captain and Leggatt are complementary and parallel to one another. What are their fundamental similarities? What unites them? What characterizes their unity and their companionship with one another? In what ways are they different? What characterizes the nature of their differences? How do the differences of each cohere with the other's? What is the end result of this cohesion? Why do they work well together? How do they achieve their end?
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