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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 two people does Hump watch?
(a) Brewster and Larsen
(b) Kelly and Brewster
(c) Harrison and Johansen
(d) Holyoak and Larsen

2. What does the narrator see Larsen reading?
(a) Fear and Trembling
(b) The bible
(c) Ecco Homo
(d) Das Capital

3. What happens to Mugridge before they pull him back on board?
(a) A shark eats his feet
(b) He drowns
(c) The rope strangles him
(d) He escapes

4. What does the narrator say he is suffering from?
(a) Scabies
(b) Sea sickness
(c) Scurvy
(d) Boils

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 the sea becomes like by eleven o'clock?

2. What direction does the Ghost now follow?

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

4. What position does the captain give the narrator?

5. What does the narrator say he sees leaning out of the pilot house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hump fee about Maude Brewster?

3. Describe what a slop chest is.

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

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

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

7. How is Mugridge's philosophy materialistic?

8. How does Hump feel about Larsen spending so much time with Brewster?

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

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

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