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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Larsen become possessive of?
(a) Hump
(b) Brewster
(c) Harrison
(d) Holyoak

2. Where was Brewster's ship heading for?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Vietnam
(d) Korea

3. What Japanese islands does the Ghost arrive at?
(a) Shikoku
(b) Hokkaido
(c) Kyushu
(d) Honshu

4. What does the narrator liken himself to?
(a) A nobleman
(b) A distinguished author
(c) A scarecrow
(d) A tramp

5. What is the name of the ferry steamer?
(a) San Fran Dan
(b) Ghost
(c) Lilly Pad
(d) Martinez

6. What does Larsen philosophize about?
(a) Seal hunting
(b) Religion
(c) His own death
(d) His brother's behavior

7. Who does Larsen exclude from his table?
(a) Hump
(b) Brewster
(c) The seal hunters
(d) Everyone

8. What does Brewster urge Hump to do?
(a) Protect her
(b) Take decisive action
(c) Leave the ship with her
(d) Talk to the captain

9. What position does the captain give the narrator?
(a) First mate
(b) Cook
(c) Second mate
(d) Cabin boy

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

11. How does Johansen know his mother his still alive?
(a) He met her in Brazil
(b) She is never ill and still young
(c) He met a fellow townsman in Chile
(d) She sent him a letter

12. Who does the narrator say the seal slaughter is for?
(a) The Japanese government
(b) Women
(c) The fashion industry
(d) The sailors

13. Who does Larsen take his anger out on?
(a) Holyoak
(b) Mugridge
(c) Maud
(d) Hump

14. What happens to Mugridge before they pull him back on board?
(a) He drowns
(b) The rope strangles him
(c) He escapes
(d) A shark eats his feet

15. Why does Larsen kick Hump?
(a) He throws the ashes into a wind
(b) He threatens to leave the boat
(c) He spits in his face
(d) He refuses to work

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two men shoot at the deserters?

2. Who does Hump recognize Maud Brewster as?

3. What happens to Johnson and Leach by the end of the chapter?

4. What does the narrator say that Larsen is?

5. What does the narrator say Harrison gives the appearance of?

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