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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. How does the narrator say Larsen treats his men?
(a) Like nothing
(b) Like children
(c) Like prisoners
(d) Like slaves

2. Why does hunting become dangerous?
(a) Bears are roaming the islands
(b) The men are under attack from Japanese hunters
(c) Fog sets in
(d) The have lost their weapons

3. What happens to Johnson and Leach by the end of the chapter?
(a) They drown
(b) Larsen captures them
(c) They are saved by a passing ship
(d) They escape

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

5. Who approaches Hump on deck?
(a) Mugridge
(b) Brewster
(c) Harrison
(d) Larsen

Short Answer Questions

1. What desire does the narrator say he experiences for the first time?

2. What does the narrator say Harrison gives the appearance of?

3. Why is Larsen angry?

4. What is the boat called the hunters see in the distance?

5. What does the narrator say the sea becomes like by eleven o'clock?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Larsen think life is without value?

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

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

4. How does Larsen behave after the mutiny?

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

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

7. What is Hump's reaction to finding literature in Larsen's cabin?

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

9. How does Mudgride attack on Larsen affect Larsen?

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

(see the answer keys)

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