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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 many Macedonia boats do the Ghost crew take over?
(a) Five
(b) Nine
(c) Seven
(d) Three

2. How does Hump help Larsen to communicate?
(a) Gives him paper and a pen
(b) Teaches him makaton
(c) Teaches him sign language
(d) Develops a new language consisting of groans

3. How does Hump take Brewster to her bed?
(a) He drags her
(b) He reminds her she has legs
(c) He doesn't
(d) He gives her a piggy back ride

4. What do Brewster and Hump do after breakfast?
(a) Set sail around the tiny island
(b) Frolic in the sand
(c) Go seal hunting
(d) Go for a swim

5. Who offered Larsen's men more money?
(a) The American government
(b) Wolf Larsen
(c) The Japanese government
(d) Death Larsen

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larsen leave the table to do?

2. What kind of hut do Brewster and Hump build on the island?

3. What does Hump find Larsen doing during the night?

4. What does Larsen think he has?

5. Where do Brewster and Hump put Larsen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position do you think the Islet is that Hump and Brewster arrive at?

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

3. In why has Hump's personal philosophy changed?

4. In waht way could the reader see Larsen victorious over Hump?

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

6. How do Hump's thoughts reflect the nature of the long journey?

7. What happens to Brewster and Hump's boat once they take for the seas?

8. How is the blind Larsen still a formidable force?

9. In what does the ending reflect the beginning of the novel?

10. Describe Hump's 'rigging effort'?

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