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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 Larsen ask Hump to do in exchange for not killing Leach and Johnson?
(a) Never to try and kill him
(b) To find him a wife
(c) Give him money
(d) To help him escape the ship

2. What does the narrator say he has never placed placed proper value upon?
(a) Mankind
(b) Religon
(c) Womankind
(d) His family

3. What desire does the narrator say he experiences for the first time?
(a) Lust
(b) Love
(c) Violence
(d) Murder

4. What does Brewster urge Hump to do?
(a) Leave the ship with her
(b) Take decisive action
(c) Talk to the captain
(d) Protect her

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What relation is Death Larsen to Wolf Larsen?

2. Who does Larsen exclude from his table?

3. How does the narrator say the captain suffers?

4. Who does the narrator say Larsen is worse off than?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what a slop chest is.

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

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

5. How does Mudgride attack on Larsen affect Larsen?

6. Describe Hump.

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

8. Why does Larsen think life is without value?

9. Why does Hump think that Brewster needs protecting?

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

(see the answer keys)

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