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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Larsen forbid Hump and Brewster to do?
(a) To rebuild the ship
(b) To board the ship
(c) To kill him
(d) To talk
2. What does Brewster predict is going to happen?
(a) Someone is going to arrive
(b) A World War
(c) A seal mutiny
(d) A storm
3. What do Hump and Brewster decide is their best option?
(a) To kill Larsen
(b) To make a life on the islet
(c) To fix the Ghost
(d) To enjoy life while they can
4. What do they do when Brewster wakes up?
(a) Light some flares
(b) Eat breakfat
(c) Fish
(d) Sing
5. What does Hump devise a plan to do?
(a) Have a party
(b) Re-rig the ship
(c) Kill Larsen
(d) Kill more seals
6. What does Hump see when he wakes up?
(a) The Ghost
(b) A naked Brewster
(c) The Macedonia
(d) Dark clouds
7. What does Brewster see in the distance?
(a) A United States Cutter
(b) A Japanese ship
(c) A whale
(d) Japan
8. Where does Brewster spend the night?
(a) On a rock
(b) On the sand
(c) In the beached boat
(d) Under a tree
9. What sea does Hump think they are in?
(a) The Black Sea
(b) The Bering Sea
(c) The Dead Sea
(d) The Red Sea
10. What does Hump spend the next day doing?
(a) Kedging the ship
(b) Making more shears
(c) Sleeping
(d) Making a truce with Larsen
11. What happens to Larsen in the hold?
(a) He develops boils
(b) He dies
(c) His teeth begin to fall out
(d) He becomes completely paralysed
12. What does Hump do for the first time in many weeks at the end of the chapter?
(a) Has an initimate conversation
(b) Plays marbles
(c) Sleeps undercover
(d) Drinks clean, unsalty water
13. What does Brewster use to maintain a fire?
(a) Petrol
(b) Seal oil
(c) Twigs
(d) The boat's sail
14. What subject does Larsen turn the conversation to?
(a) Religion
(b) Freud
(c) Love
(d) Seal hunting
15. What does Hump not express to Brewster?
(a) His sickness
(b) His love
(c) His hatred for seals
(d) His need for water
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hump think was a symptom of Larsen's current problem?
2. How long does it take to construct the shears?
3. What material do Hump and Brewster decide to make the hut roof from?
4. How does Hump start a fire?
5. Where does Larsen sleep whilst on the islet?
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