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

2. What does the narrator say he sees leaning out of the pilot house?
(a) A monkey
(b) A white bearded man
(c) A terror stricken sailor
(d) A terror stricken woman

3. What does Johansen tell Harrison to do?
(a) Steer the boat
(b) Go out the halyards
(c) Fetch the captain
(d) Raise the mast

4. What does the narrator say the stout gentlemen is reading?
(a) The Fisherman
(b) The Ferry Boater
(c) The New York Times
(d) The Atlantic

5. What is the Cook's full name?
(a) Bill Mugridge
(b) Thomas Mugridge
(c) Davide Johnson
(d) Phillip Yonson

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hump say Brewster's body is the finished product of?

3. What does Leach tell Hump to do?

4. How does the narrator say Larsen treats his men?

5. How many boats are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mugridge's philosophy materialistic?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mudgride attack on Larsen affect Larsen?

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

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

9. How does Larsen behave after the mutiny?

10. Why does Hump think that Brewster needs protecting?

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