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

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

3. Where does Charley Furuthseth keep a cottage?
(a) The Yorkshire Dales
(b) Mill Valley
(c) Sillicon Valley
(d) Hollywood

4. Who approaches Hump on deck?
(a) Larsen
(b) Brewster
(c) Harrison
(d) Mugridge

5. What does the narrator say the sea becomes like by eleven o'clock?
(a) Like foil
(b) Like glass
(c) Like cling film
(d) Like marble

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the captain's headache last?

2. How long can Brewster expect to be aboard the ship?

3. When did Johansen last write to his mother?

4. What happens to Mugridge before they pull him back on board?

5. What is leach and Johnson only alternative to capsizing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what different ways are Larsen and Hump attracted to Brewster?

3. What do Hump and Brewster to do to survive Larsen's brutality?

4. How is Death Larsen more powerful than his brother's boat?

5. What does Hump realize is the only factor considered aboard the ship?

6. Why does Hump think that Brewster needs protecting?

7. How does Hump feel about Larsen spending so much time with Brewster?

8. How do Hump's presumptions about Larsen prove embarrassing in chapter 7?

9. Describe what a slop chest is.

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

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