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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Larsen ask the cook to be careful of?
(a) Fat content
(b) The quality of his cooking
(c) Storing the meat
(d) His health

2. What does Larsen ask Hump to do in exchange for not killing Leach and Johnson?
(a) To help him escape the ship
(b) To find him a wife
(c) Give him money
(d) Never to try and kill him

3. What does the narrator say he is suffering from?
(a) Sea sickness
(b) Scurvy
(c) Boils
(d) Scabies

4. What relation is Death Larsen to Wolf Larsen?
(a) Father
(b) Brother
(c) Cousin
(d) Uncle

5. What does Hump advise Brewster to do?
(a) Leave the ship
(b) Keep near him
(c) Kill the captain
(d) Pretend to enjoy Larsen's company

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two crew members are the two particular members of Larsen's diabolic temper?

2. How does the narrator describe Wolf Larsen's eyes?

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

4. What does the narrator say he sees leaning out of the pilot house?

5. What does the narrator say his task is during the slaughter of the seals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Larsen's cruel nature illustrated in this chapter?

2. Describe Hump.

3. What problems do you think Maude Brewster appearance could cause?

4. How does Mugridge's attitude change towards Hump?

5. Why do you think Brewster so readily agrees to Hump's suggestion that she stays with Larsen to keep him calm?

6. Describe what a slop chest is.

7. How are Larsen and Hump views on the battle with nature different?

8. How does Hump fee about Maude Brewster?

9. Why do you think Larsen pursued Johnson and Leach?

10. Do you think Hump survival of the torrid conditions is realistic?

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