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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. Which character talks in his sleep?
(a) Leach
(b) Johnson
(c) Johansen
(d) Larsen

2. What is leach and Johnson only alternative to capsizing?
(a) To jump into the sea
(b) To rejoin the Ghost
(c) To throw there supplies aboard
(d) To stay close to the ship

3. How does the narrator say the captain suffers?
(a) Like a runover cat
(b) Like a clubbed seal
(c) Like a man stricken with consumption
(d) As wild animals do

4. What does Hump say Brewster's body is the finished product of?
(a) The finest civilisation
(b) The finest artists
(c) Great minds
(d) Two beautiful people

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Johnson and Leach pursue them for?

2. What does the narrator say he sees leaning out of the pilot house?

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

4. What Japanese islands does the Ghost arrive at?

5. What does the narrator say that Larsen is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mudgride attack on Larsen affect Larsen?

2. How does Hump fee about Maude Brewster?

3. How is chapter 14 a major turning point in the narrative?

4. How are Larsen and Hump views on the battle with nature different?

5. Why do you think Larsen finds Hump an interesting person to talk to?

6. What is Hump's reaction to finding literature in Larsen's cabin?

7. How does Mugridge's attitude change towards Hump?

8. How has Larsen's upbringing shaped him as a person?

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

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

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