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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. What kind of boat does the captain have?
(a) A dingey
(b) A sail boat
(c) A row boat
(d) A raft

2. How does the narrator say the captain suffers?
(a) Like a runover cat
(b) Like a man stricken with consumption
(c) Like a clubbed seal
(d) As wild animals do

3. What reason does Hump give Larsen for why the men are behaving so badly?
(a) A lack of food
(b) Larsen's domineering nature
(c) Cabin fever
(d) Too many hours working

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

5. Who does Larsen exclude from his table?
(a) Hump
(b) Everyone
(c) The seal hunters
(d) Brewster

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he is suffering from?

2. How long does the captain's headache last?

3. Who does the narrator say were always about him?

4. What does the narrator hear Larsen groaning?

5. What is the name of the ferry steamer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Death Larsen more powerful than his brother's boat?

2. How does Mugridge's attitude change towards Hump?

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

4. What does Hump realize is the only factor considered aboard the ship?

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

6. How does Hump fee about Maude Brewster?

7. Why does Larsen think life is without value?

8. How does Hump take to the rest of the crew?

9. Why do you think Larsen pursued Johnson and Leach?

10. In what way does Hump admire Johnson?

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