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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 are Hump and Brewster worried that Larsen will do?
(a) Imprision them
(b) Talk to them
(c) Hurt them
(d) Rob them

2. What does Hump instruct Brewster on?
(a) Steering and sail handling
(b) Fishing
(c) Seal hunting
(d) Cooking

3. What does Larsen give the wounded sailors?
(a) Whisky
(b) A beating
(c) Vodka
(d) Blankets

4. What do Larsen and Brewster talk about at dinner?
(a) The nature of temptation and the soul
(b) How to navigate a ship
(c) The poetry of Emily Dickinson
(d) The ethics of seal hunting

5. What happens to Larsen in the hold?
(a) He develops boils
(b) His teeth begin to fall out
(c) He becomes completely paralysed
(d) He dies

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Brewster and Hump decide it is best to do at night?

2. What do Hump and Brewster do to kill the seals when their ammunition runs out?

3. What does Hump do when he sees the Ghost?

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

5. What do Brewster and Hump do after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Waht does Hump do once he realizes he holds the power over Larsen?

2. Do you think London is inconsistent with Hump's character in this chapter?

3. In what has Hump gained power over Larsen?

4. In why has Hump's personal philosophy changed?

5. How does Hump overcome Larsen's destruction of his work?

6. How does Brewster's prediction that someone is coming go against her character?

7. How has Hump achieved the goal London set for him at the beginning of the novel?

8. How is the blind Larsen still a formidable force?

9. How do you think Hump's love for Brewster help him survive?

10. In what ways is Hump's lack of experience a severe disadvantage when he escapes the Ghost with Brewster?

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