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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who joins Brewster and Larsen for breakfast?
2. What does Larsen deny?
3. What does Hump find Larsen doing during the night?
4. What threatens to exhaust their ammunition before they have enough seal skin?
5. What does Larsen do instead of reacting to Hump's dirk?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways is Hump's lack of experience a severe disadvantage when he escapes the Ghost with Brewster?
2. How is the blind Larsen still a formidable force?
3. How do Hump's thoughts reflect the nature of the long journey?
4. Do you think Hump is worried about their survival?
5. Describe Hump's 'rigging effort'?
6. How does Brewster's prediction that someone is coming go against her character?
7. Describe the islet.
8. How does Ghost's attack on the Macedonia put them on an even keel?
9. How does Wolf Larsen make up for his boat's lack of power?
10. In waht way could the reader see Larsen victorious over Hump?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What difference do you think Brewster's introduction makes to the story? What do you would of happened if Brewster was not introduced into the story?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think the Ghost crew's mutiny does not work? How does the mutiny change the story? What do you think would have happened if the crew's mutiny was successful?
Essay Topic 3
In what ways do you think that Hump idealizes Brewster? What do these ideals say about Hump's character? How different do you think Brewster is to Hump's ideal woman?
This section contains 700 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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