Question 1

In chapter 5 'Shadows in the Night', who were the 'shadows'?

Accepted Answer

The 'wako'

Answer

The Bosun

Answer

The men who kept watch

Answer

The Alexandria

Question 2

Jack's father gave Jack a command. What was it?

Accepted Answer

To stay inside the cabin, never to leave it.

Answer

To help his dad reload his pistols

Answer

To repel the boarders, i.e., the wako.

Answer

To man the guns

Question 3

'Jack stepped out to confront the shadows in the darkness.' Why?

Accepted Answer

Because he heard his father's cries of pain.

Answer

Because his father finally let him leave the cabin.

Answer

Because Christiaan was begging for help.

Answer

Because he eventually chose to fight instead of hide.

Question 4

Reorder the letters: Jack's father was strangled with a g________ round his father's throat

Accepted Answer

arrotte

Question 5

The green-eyed shadow wanted _____________ from John Fletcher.

Accepted Answer

the rutter

Answer

the ship

Answer

the cabin crew

Answer

nothing

Question 6

Who killed Jack's father, John Fletcher?

Accepted Answer

The green-eyed shadow

Answer

The white woman

Answer

The man with a half-melted face

Question 7

Did the wako find what they were looking for?

Accepted Answer

No, it was safely hidden.

Answer

Yes, it was in John Fletcher's cabin.

Question 8

At the end of chapter 6, Jack tried to escape but 'a man barred his way, partly withdrawing his sword'. What did Jack do next?

Accepted Answer

He bowed.

Answer

He froze as the man cut off his head.

Answer

He ran, but didn't get very far.

Answer

He ran and never came back.

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