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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 is Hump too exhausted to do after a night out at sea?
(a) Get to his bed
(b) Take off his clothes
(c) Sleep
(d) Carry Brewster to bed

2. Why did Hump not sleep an in adequate enclosure for so long?
(a) He was keeping guard
(b) The weather was too nice
(c) He gave Brewster the room
(d) He is claustrophobic

3. What do Brewster and Hump manage to complete in this chapter?
(a) A seal skin roof
(b) The killing of every seal on the islet
(c) Their marriage vows
(d) Tetris

4. What do Hump and Brewster do for several days after?
(a) Sleep
(b) Try and drive Larsen away
(c) Beach comb
(d) Club seals

5. Which of the following does Brewster say about Larsen?
(a) He is ill
(b) He is blind
(c) He is mad
(d) He is violent

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears on the ship's companionway?

2. What does Hump unsuccessfully try to build?

3. Where do Hump and Brewster sail towards?

4. What does Larsen deny?

5. How does the story finish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Hump's 'rigging effort'?

3. In what does Larsen attempt to kill Hump finish him off?

4. How is Hump and Brewster arrival on the islet timely?

5. Describe the islet.

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

7. Do you think Hump is worried about their survival?

8. Describe Hump and Brewster's hut.

9. Describe the fight between Hump and Larsen in chapter 26

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

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