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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Larsen angry?
(a) The food is horrible
(b) He has a headache
(c) Hump has taken Maud's attention away from him
(d) The ship has been blown off course

2. Why does hunting become dangerous?
(a) Bears are roaming the islands
(b) The men are under attack from Japanese hunters
(c) Fog sets in
(d) The have lost their weapons

3. What does Hump say will happen if he tries to change things?
(a) He survives
(b) He dies
(c) He becomes captain
(d) He gets beaten

4. How does the narrator say the captain suffers?
(a) Like a clubbed seal
(b) Like a man stricken with consumption
(c) Like a runover cat
(d) As wild animals do

5. What is leach and Johnson only alternative to capsizing?
(a) To rejoin the Ghost
(b) To jump into the sea
(c) To stay close to the ship
(d) To throw there supplies aboard

6. What does the narrator say the Ghost was built for?
(a) Fishing
(b) Speed
(c) Carrying heavy goods
(d) pirating

7. What does Hump see in Larsen's eyes?
(a) Blankness
(b) The fires of hate
(c) A glow of lust
(d) A glow of love

8. Who does the narrator say were always about him?
(a) His dogs
(b) Flies
(c) The sailors
(d) His mother and sisters

9. How long has Hump admired her work for?
(a) Ten years
(b) Six months
(c) Two months
(d) Seven years

10. What happens to Johnson and Leach by the end of the chapter?
(a) Larsen captures them
(b) They are saved by a passing ship
(c) They drown
(d) They escape

11. What two people does Hump watch?
(a) Brewster and Larsen
(b) Holyoak and Larsen
(c) Kelly and Brewster
(d) Harrison and Johansen

12. What does the narrator say Johnson is guilty of doing?
(a) Swearing
(b) Speaking his mind
(c) Stealing food
(d) Mutiny

13. Who skippers the Macedonia?
(a) Death Larsen
(b) Jack Black
(c) Iron Maiden
(d) Frank Black

14. What does the narrator tell the captain he does for a living?
(a) He is a student
(b) He is a gentleman
(c) He is a writer
(d) He is a construction worker.

15. What reason does Hump give Larsen for why the men are behaving so badly?
(a) Cabin fever
(b) Larsen's domineering nature
(c) A lack of food
(d) Too many hours working

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Charley Furuthseth read to rest his brain?

2. Who does Larsen exclude from his table?

3. What does Larsen ask the cook to be careful of?

4. What does Hump say happens if he does nothing?

5. Who does the narrator say Larsen is worse off than?

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