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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 does the narrator say Harrison gives the appearance of?
(a) A enormous spider
(b) A snake
(c) A scorpion
(d) A tiny fly

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

3. Who skippers the Macedonia?
(a) Jack Black
(b) Frank Black
(c) Iron Maiden
(d) Death Larsen

4. What does Hump see in Larsen's eyes?
(a) Blankness
(b) A glow of love
(c) A glow of lust
(d) The fires of hate

5. Who does Larsen become possessive of?
(a) Brewster
(b) Harrison
(c) Hump
(d) Holyoak

Short Answer Questions

1. What ocean is the Ghost sailing across?

2. Who interrupts Brewster and Hump's conversation?

3. What does Brewster urge Hump to do?

4. What does the narrator say the Ghost was built for?

5. What happens to Mugridge before they pull him back on board?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Hump survival of the torrid conditions is realistic?

2. In what ways does Hump compare the sailors to women?

3. Why do you think Brewster so readily agrees to Hump's suggestion that she stays with Larsen to keep him calm?

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

5. How does Larsen behave after the mutiny?

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

7. Describe what a slop chest is.

8. How does Mudgride attack on Larsen affect Larsen?

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

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

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