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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35, "The Court-Martial—Second Day, Afternoon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the launching on the Caine take?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 1 hour and 32 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 45 minutes.

2. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?
(a) Yellow-bellied coward.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Despicable.
(d) Poltroon.

3. What was Willie reading as the boat began to roll hard in Chapter 29?
(a) "Moby Dick."
(b) "Hamlet."
(c) "Mutiny on the Bounty."
(d) "The Old Curiosity Shop."

4. What is Willie's first assignment for his officers' qualification course?
(a) To assemble and disassemble his rifle.
(b) To make two sketches of the Caine.
(c) To list every man assigned to the ship.
(d) To write an essay on the history of the ship.

5. What recurring dream does Willie remember from his childhood?
(a) A giant serpent eating him.
(b) A ship sinking in a typhoon.
(c) Showing up for school without clothes.
(d) God as a jack-in-the-box.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Willie sit and listen to May sing at the Grotto Club?

2. In Chapter 24, Queeg restricts what for six months?

3. Admiral Halsey commits to an air strike in support of what?

4. According to Willie's testimony, how much money does Queeg extort from him?

5. What does Captain Blakely do when Willie starts telling about the loss of the crate of liquor?

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