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

2. What does Hump spend the next day doing?
(a) Kedging the ship
(b) Making more shears
(c) Sleeping
(d) Making a truce with Larsen

3. Where do Hump and Brewster sail towards?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) America
(d) India

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

5. What does Hump do when the wind picks up?
(a) Lowers the sail
(b) Drops anchor
(c) Screams for help
(d) Raises the sail

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Hump sleep for?

2. What does Hump discover Larsen doing whilst investigating the ship?

3. What do Hump and Brewster do for several days after?

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

5. What does Hump think was a symptom of Larsen's current problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hump's thoughts reflect the nature of the long journey?

2. Describe the technical detail goes into when Hump erects the shears.

3. How does Hump learn how to kill the seals?

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

5. In what has Hump gained power over Larsen?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Hump's 'rigging effort'?

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