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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where do Brewster and Hump put Larsen?
(a) With the seals
(b) On the deck
(c) In their stone hut
(d) In the hold
2. What are Hump and Brewster worried that Larsen will do?
(a) Imprision them
(b) Rob them
(c) Talk to them
(d) Hurt them
3. What does Larsen think he has?
(a) Leprosy
(b) Cancer
(c) A brain tumor
(d) The measles
4. What do Hump and Brewster do for several days after?
(a) Club seals
(b) Beach comb
(c) Sleep
(d) Try and drive Larsen away
5. What does Larsen do when Brewster and Hump come aboard to inspect the damp?
(a) Shoots at them
(b) Sets sail
(c) Screams at them
(d) Prowls after them
6. What does Hump discover has happens when he awakens?
(a) He is tied to the bed
(b) Larsen is dead
(c) Brewster has had a baby
(d) He is bleeding
7. What does Hump spend the next day doing?
(a) Making a truce with Larsen
(b) Sleeping
(c) Making more shears
(d) Kedging the ship
8. What is Hump too exhausted to do after a night out at sea?
(a) Carry Brewster to bed
(b) Sleep
(c) Take off his clothes
(d) Get to his bed
9. What does Brewster predict is going to happen?
(a) A seal mutiny
(b) A World War
(c) Someone is going to arrive
(d) A storm
10. How does the story finish?
(a) Larsens comes back to life
(b) Brewster and Hump kiss
(c) The Cutter opens fire
(d) Hump trips and falls into the sea
11. What does Hump despair about?
(a) Brewster ever loving him
(b) Ever reaching Japan
(c) Being captured by pirates
(d) Larsen finding him
12. What do they do when Brewster wakes up?
(a) Fish
(b) Light some flares
(c) Eat breakfat
(d) Sing
13. What do Hump and Brewster take it in turns to do?
(a) Keep watch
(b) Torture Larsen
(c) Work on the ship
(d) Talk to Larsen
14. What does the narrator say Larsen's argument is based upon?
(a) Hatred
(b) Love
(c) Idealism
(d) Materialism
15. What does Hump construct in this chapter?
(a) A signalling device
(b) A second room in the hut
(c) A bathroom
(d) A bed
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Hump and Brewster do to kill the seals when their ammunition runs out?
2. Why did Hump not sleep an in adequate enclosure for so long?
3. Where does Brewster spend the night?
4. How does Hump take Brewster to her bed?
5. How big is the prominence in circumference?
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