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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 philosophize about?
(a) Religion
(b) His brother's behavior
(c) Seal hunting
(d) His own death

2. What desire does the narrator say he experiences for the first time?
(a) Love
(b) Murder
(c) Violence
(d) Lust

3. At what age did Johansen leave Sweden?
(a) 16
(b) 34
(c) 21
(d) 18

4. What does the narrator say Wolf Larsen dedicates himself to after the attempted mutiny?
(a) Making the sailor's lives a misery
(b) Reading the bible
(c) Hanging the guilty
(d) A life of sun and fun

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character talks in his sleep?

3. How does the narrator say Larsen treats his men?

4. What is the boat called the hunters see in the distance?

5. What member of the crew is clinging to his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Hump.

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

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

8. Why does Hump think that Brewster needs protecting?

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

10. In what way does Hump admire Johnson?

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