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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Larsen state that his intent is?
(a) To die aboard the Ghost
(b) To live forever
(c) To kill Hump
(d) To marry Brewster

2. Why is Hump initially worried?
(a) He thinks they have run out of food
(b) He thinks Brewster is dead
(c) He thinks they will run into rocks
(d) He thinks he saw Larsen

3. Why did Hump not sleep an in adequate enclosure for so long?
(a) He is claustrophobic
(b) He gave Brewster the room
(c) The weather was too nice
(d) He was keeping guard

4. What is Hump too exhausted to do after a night out at sea?
(a) Take off his clothes
(b) Get to his bed
(c) Carry Brewster to bed
(d) Sleep

5. What does Larsen deny?
(a) The existence of a soul
(b) That he is on an islet
(c) Death itself
(d) That he is in love with Brewster

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

7. What do the men take along with their usual shot guns?
(a) Grenades
(b) Knives
(c) A machine gun
(d) Rifles

8. How does Hump start a fire?
(a) With a shotgun shell
(b) With his cigarette lighter
(c) With a stick
(d) With two pieces of flint

9. What does Hump unsuccessfully try to build?
(a) A hut
(b) A tent
(c) A well
(d) A toilet

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

11. What material do Hump and Brewster decide to make the hut roof from?
(a) Wood
(b) Seal skin
(c) Moss
(d) Stone

12. What do Larsen and Brewster talk about at dinner?
(a) How to navigate a ship
(b) The ethics of seal hunting
(c) The nature of temptation and the soul
(d) The poetry of Emily Dickinson

13. What does hump see ahead?
(a) Japan's coastline
(b) A large craggy prominence
(c) A boat
(d) A whale

14. What does Hump do when he sees the Ghost?
(a) He hides
(b) He runs for his gun
(c) He blacks out
(d) He cries for joy

15. Where does Larsen sleep whilst on the islet?
(a) In Hump's bed
(b) With the seals
(c) In Brewster's bed
(d) On his ship

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hump take Brewster to her bed?

2. How long does Hump sleep for?

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

4. What do Hump and Brewster beach comb for?

5. Who offered Larsen's men more money?

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