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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 liken himself to?
(a) A scarecrow
(b) A distinguished author
(c) A nobleman
(d) A tramp

2. What does the narrator say the sea becomes like by eleven o'clock?
(a) Like foil
(b) Like cling film
(c) Like marble
(d) Like glass

3. How does Johansen know his mother his still alive?
(a) He met her in Brazil
(b) She is never ill and still young
(c) She sent him a letter
(d) He met a fellow townsman in Chile

4. What is the boat called the hunters see in the distance?
(a) The Macedonia
(b) King Edward
(c) The Moldova
(d) The Georgian

5. How long do Johnson and Leach pursue them for?
(a) Four hours
(b) Three hours
(c) Two hours
(d) Ten hours

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Larsen become possessive of?

2. What Japanese islands does the Ghost arrive at?

3. What does Leach tell Hump to do?

4. What does Larsen order his men to do to Mugridge?

5. What kind of boat does the captain have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mudgride attack on Larsen affect Larsen?

2. Why does Hump think that Brewster needs protecting?

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

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

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

6. Describe what a slop chest is.

7. Describe Hump.

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

9. How has Larsen's upbringing shaped him as a person?

10. How does Hump fee about Maude Brewster?

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