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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ocean is the Ghost sailing across?

2. What does the narrator say Wolf Larsen dedicates himself to after the attempted mutiny?

3. Who do the captain and Hump find on the look out?

4. What direction does the Ghost now follow?

5. What does Hump see in Larsen's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Larsen's upbringing shaped him as a person?

2. Why do you think Larsen pursued Johnson and Leach?

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

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

5. How are Larsen and Hump views on the battle with nature different?

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

7. Why does Larsen think life is without value?

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

9. What do Hump and Brewster to do to survive Larsen's brutality?

10. Describe what a slop chest is.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following statement using two examples from the novel to support your argument: The situations in the novel become increasingly unbelievable.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the Ghost crew's mutiny does not work? How does the mutiny change the story? What do you think would have happened if the crew's mutiny was successful?

Essay Topic 3

What difference do you think Brewster's introduction makes to the story? What do you would of happened if Brewster was not introduced into the story?

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