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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What finally gets Queeg to admit to the crate full of liquor?
(a) Barney corners him and threatens a court martial.
(b) Barney tells Queeg he'll bring the men in one by one to testify.
(c) Barney offers to call the carpenter's mate who built it.
(d) Barney threatens to have it retrieved from the bay and brought in.

2. Maryk wants to turn in Queeg under which article?
(a) 184.
(b) 57.
(c) 686.
(d) 252.

3. What does Greenwald do during his toast to Keefer?
(a) He congratulates him on his book.
(b) He spits in Keefer's face.
(c) He holds up the acquittal notice.
(d) He throws a glass of wine in Keefer's face.

4. What is Willie doing when he hears the news of Japan's surrender?
(a) He is meeting with the officers.
(b) He is on the bridge.
(c) He is reading.
(d) He is eating.

5. The boats are trying to refuel while the waves are how tall?
(a) As tall as the battleships they were traveling with.
(b) As tall as pine trees.
(c) As tall as apartment houses.
(d) As tall as a two story house.

6. When Barney asks about the day of the typhoon, how does Queeg react?
(a) He pulls the steel balls out of his pocket.
(b) He pulls out a cigarette.
(c) He gets indignant and asks for redirection.
(d) He refuses to answer any of the questions.

7. Who does Willie see when the Moulton comes alongside the Caine?
(a) Ducely.
(b) Roland Keefer.
(c) Admiral Williams.
(d) Keggs.

8. Who is the grand historical figure in Willie's life?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Tojo.
(d) Queeg.

9. What goes missing in Chapter 26?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) The key to the icebox.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Maryk's secret log.

10. What does Keefer do after the Kamikaze attack?
(a) He goes to the wardroom and gets something to eat.
(b) He oversees the firefighting.
(c) He retires to his room and works on his novel.
(d) He commands over the P.A. system from the bridge.

11. Who said Willie would be okay after his behind had been kicked bloody?
(a) Mr. Keith.
(b) Captain De Vriess.
(c) Maryk.
(d) Captain Queeg.

12. Who tells Willie that the mess boys ate the strawberries?
(a) Keefer.
(b) Harding.
(c) Maryk.
(d) Ducely.

13. Who does Willie hear is running a supply depot in Stuber Forks, Iowa?
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) Harding.
(c) Captain Queeg.
(d) Captain De Vriess.

14. Why does Queeg think that Willie hates him?
(a) Because Willie thought he was crazy.
(b) Because Willie liked Maryk better than him.
(c) Because of the way he treated Stilwell.
(d) Because he picked on Willie.

15. Who is captain of the Caine when the Kamikaze hits?
(a) White.
(b) Keith.
(c) Keefer.
(d) De Vriess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the nickname "Old Swandive" refer to?

2. Halsey's ship has what that is as big as the Caine's main guns?

3. Who states that Queeg's problem is an obsessive personality?

4. According to Queeg, what happened in Barzun in 1937?

5. What is the name of May's new boyfriend?

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