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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Hump and Brewster decide is their best option?
(a) To enjoy life while they can
(b) To kill Larsen
(c) To fix the Ghost
(d) To make a life on the islet

2. What does Larsen do when Brewster and Hump come aboard to inspect the damp?
(a) Prowls after them
(b) Sets sail
(c) Shoots at them
(d) Screams at them

3. What does Larsen do during the night?
(a) Imprisons Brewster
(b) Destroys the shears
(c) Die
(d) Go crazy

4. What does Larsen deny?
(a) The existence of a soul
(b) That he is in love with Brewster
(c) That he is on an islet
(d) Death itself

5. What does Hump do while Brewster sleeps?
(a) Reads
(b) Goes for a swim
(c) Watches her
(d) Mans the tiller

6. What material do Hump and Brewster decide to make the hut roof from?
(a) Moss
(b) Stone
(c) Seal skin
(d) Wood

7. How long does it take to construct the shears?
(a) A whole day
(b) Four days
(c) Two days
(d) A week

8. How does the story finish?
(a) Hump trips and falls into the sea
(b) Brewster and Hump kiss
(c) The Cutter opens fire
(d) Larsens comes back to life

9. How long does it take Hump to put up the sails?
(a) Three days
(b) Eight days
(c) Seven days
(d) Five days

10. What does Hump do when he sees the Ghost?
(a) He hides
(b) He blacks out
(c) He cries for joy
(d) He runs for his gun

11. What does Hump discover has happens when he awakens?
(a) Brewster has had a baby
(b) He is bleeding
(c) Larsen is dead
(d) He is tied to the bed

12. What does Larsen ask Hump for?
(a) His gun
(b) A paracetamol
(c) The Islet's coordinates
(d) Some food

13. What eventually happens to the boat?
(a) It sinks
(b) It beaches on the shore
(c) It is attacked by a shark
(d) It moves away from the prominence

14. What subject does Larsen turn the conversation to?
(a) Religion
(b) Freud
(c) Love
(d) Seal hunting

15. What happens to Larsen during this time
(a) He goes deaf
(b) He becomes paralyzed along one side of his body
(c) He dies
(d) He contracts the scurvy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hump find Larsen doing during the night?

2. What does Hump change the sails to indicate?

3. What do Brewster and Hump do after breakfast?

4. How long does Hump sleep for?

5. What are Hump and Brewster worried that Larsen will do?

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