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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 do the men take along with their usual shot guns?
(a) Rifles
(b) A machine gun
(c) Grenades
(d) Knives

2. What mast do Hump and Brewster manage to step?
(a) The center mast
(b) The first mast
(c) The second mast
(d) The third mast

3. What does Hump see when he wakes up?
(a) The Macedonia
(b) Dark clouds
(c) A naked Brewster
(d) The Ghost

4. What subject does Larsen turn the conversation to?
(a) Love
(b) Seal hunting
(c) Religion
(d) Freud

5. What do Hump and Brewster construct on the ship?
(a) Another cabin
(b) A mast
(c) Shears
(d) A statue of Larsen

Short Answer Questions

1. What eventually happens to the boat?

2. Why did Larsen's crew leave his ship?

3. Why is Hump initially worried?

4. What does Hump instruct Brewster on?

5. What does the narrator say Larsen's argument is based upon?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do Hump and Brewster unknowingly fail the now dead Larsen?

2. How does Ghost's attack on the Macedonia put them on an even keel?

3. Describe the technical detail goes into when Hump erects the shears.

4. Do you think London is inconsistent with Hump's character in this chapter?

5. Waht does Hump do once he realizes he holds the power over Larsen?

6. Do you think it is strange that the Ghost appears on tn the shore?

7. Why is Larsen alone?

8. How has Hump achieved the goal London set for him at the beginning of the novel?

9. In what ways is Hump's lack of experience a severe disadvantage when he escapes the Ghost with Brewster?

10. Describe the islet.

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