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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threatens to exhaust their ammunition before they have enough seal skin?
(a) Damp bullets
(b) A storm
(c) A group of sailors
(d) Humps bad markmanship

2. What subject does Larsen turn the conversation to?
(a) Love
(b) Freud
(c) Seal hunting
(d) Religion

3. What kind of hut do Brewster and Hump build on the island?
(a) Wood hut
(b) Mud hut
(c) Brick hut
(d) Stone hut

4. What does Hump think was a symptom of Larsen's current problem?
(a) His broken heart
(b) His blindness
(c) His anger
(d) His headaches

5. How big is the prominence in circumference?
(a) 100 miles
(b) 5 miles
(c) 10 miles
(d) 25 miles

6. What does Hump find Larsen doing during the night?
(a) Stealing their food
(b) Attempting sabotage
(c) Crying
(d) Sailing away

7. What does Hump spend the next day doing?
(a) Making a truce with Larsen
(b) Making more shears
(c) Sleeping
(d) Kedging the ship

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

9. What does Hump do while Brewster sleeps?
(a) Goes for a swim
(b) Watches her
(c) Mans the tiller
(d) Reads

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

11. What does the narrator say Larsen's argument is based upon?
(a) Materialism
(b) Idealism
(c) Love
(d) Hatred

12. What do Brewster and Hump decide it is best to do at night?
(a) Hold each other
(b) Sleep
(c) Take turns keeping watch
(d) Stay awake

13. What does Brewster see in the distance?
(a) A United States Cutter
(b) Japan
(c) A whale
(d) A Japanese ship

14. How does the story finish?
(a) The Cutter opens fire
(b) Hump trips and falls into the sea
(c) Brewster and Hump kiss
(d) Larsens comes back to life

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hump and Brewster decide is their best option?

2. How does Hump stop Larsen from destroying his work again?

3. What does Hump instruct Brewster on?

4. Where do Hump and Brewster sail towards?

5. What do Brewster and Hump do after breakfast?

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