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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say his task is during the slaughter of the seals?
(a) To skin the seals
(b) To cook seal soup
(c) To reel in the seals
(d) To tally the pelts

2. What does the narrator tell the captain he does for a living?
(a) He is a gentleman
(b) He is a writer
(c) He is a student
(d) He is a construction worker.

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

4. What does Leach tell Hump to do?
(a) Kill Larsen
(b) Leave the boat
(c) Go home
(d) Keep his mouth shut

5. What does the narrator say the sea becomes like by eleven o'clock?
(a) Like foil
(b) Like glass
(c) Like cling film
(d) Like marble

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Hump on deck?

2. What does Larsen lose his ability to do?

3. What does Brewster use to maintain a fire?

4. When did Johansen last write to his mother?

5. What does Hump say happens if he does nothing?

(see the answer key)

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