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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the captain's headache last?
(a) Three days
(b) One week
(c) Five days
(d) Two days

2. Why has Johnson collided with Larsen?
(a) Larsen's bullying tactics
(b) Larsen's navigational skills
(c) The pronunciation of his name
(d) The Cook's food

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

4. Who approaches Hump on deck?
(a) Larsen
(b) Brewster
(c) Harrison
(d) Mugridge

5. What does Larsen want to keep Brewster aboard as?
(a) A mascot
(b) A cook
(c) A slave
(d) A lover

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Charley Furuthseth read to rest his brain?

2. How long can Brewster expect to be aboard the ship?

3. What is the name of the ferry steamer?

4. Where does Charley Furuthseth keep a cottage?

5. What happens to Johnson and Leach by the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mugridge's philosophy materialistic?

2. How are Larsen and Hump views on the battle with nature different?

3. How does London use the biting in chapter 21 as a metaphor?

4. Why do you think Larsen finds Hump an interesting person to talk to?

5. In what different ways are Larsen and Hump attracted to Brewster?

6. What do Hump and Brewster to do to survive Larsen's brutality?

7. How is Larsen's cruel nature illustrated in this chapter?

8. How do Hump's presumptions about Larsen prove embarrassing in chapter 7?

9. Describe the rescued ship.

10. What problems do you think Maude Brewster appearance could cause?

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