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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 Hump discover has happens when he awakens?
(a) He is bleeding
(b) He is tied to the bed
(c) Larsen is dead
(d) Brewster has had a baby

2. What does Hump spend the next day doing?
(a) Making a truce with Larsen
(b) Kedging the ship
(c) Making more shears
(d) Sleeping

3. What do Hump and Brewster take it in turns to do?
(a) Talk to Larsen
(b) Keep watch
(c) Torture Larsen
(d) Work on the ship

4. How many Macedonia boats do the Ghost boats open fire on?
(a) Six
(b) Three
(c) Eight
(d) Four

5. What does Hump do while Brewster sleeps?
(a) Mans the tiller
(b) Goes for a swim
(c) Watches her
(d) Reads

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hump instruct Brewster on?

2. Why did Hump not sleep an in adequate enclosure for so long?

3. What does Larsen state that his intent is?

4. Where does Brewster spend the night?

5. What do Brewster and Hump decide it is best to do at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the islet.

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

3. Describe Hump and Brewster's hut.

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

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

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

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

8. How does Brewster's prediction that someone is coming go against her character?

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

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

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