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

2. What do Hump and Brewster decide is their best option?

3. What does hump see ahead?

4. What does Hump discover Larsen doing whilst investigating the ship?

5. What do Brewster and Hump complete at the beginning of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hump and Brewster's hut.

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

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

4. How do you think Hump's love for Brewster help him survive?

5. In what has Hump gained power over Larsen?

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

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

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

9. Describe Hump's 'rigging effort'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the role of a ship's captain? Does Larsen fulfill this role?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting. What was happening in the USA during the time the novel was set? Are these concerns reflected in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's plot structure.

1) What is the premise of the novel? Does London stick closely to the premise?

2) What problems do the characters have to solve? How do they solve them?

3) Do you think the book concludes satisfactorily?

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