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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yank tell the men he is trying to do?
(a) Dream.
(b) Forget.
(c) Think.
(d) Sleep.

2. In what country does Yank sing a lass waits for him?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Canada.

3. Who is escorting Mildred to the stoke hole?
(a) The captain.
(b) The second engineer.
(c) The first mate.
(d) The cabin boy.

4. What does Long call Mildred?
(a) A horse face.
(b) A patronising piebald.
(c) A bloody cow.
(d) A frigid cow.

5. What does Paddy say is wrong with Yank?
(a) He is seasick.
(b) He has fallen in love.
(c) He is homesick.
(d) He has the workman's blues.

6. What does Mildred say she has permission to visit?
(a) The captain's cabin.
(b) The engine room.
(c) The stokehole.
(d) The lower decks.

7. What does Yank say he will join?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) St. John's Ambulance.
(c) The monastry.
(d) The nunnery.

8. What does a voice say Yank has scared Mildred out of?
(a) Talking to the working classes.
(b) Leaving her home.
(c) A year' growth.
(d) Coming in to the stokers hole.

9. What does the author say makes a teeth gritting sound?
(a) The grunts of the men.
(b) The grind of steel against steel.
(c) The scrape of boots against the steel floor.
(d) The opening of the furnace doors.

10. What is the color of Mildred's clothes?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

11. What does Long say the engineers were exhibiting them like?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Artifacts.

12. What does Yank say all the engineers are?
(a) Dullards.
(b) Big heads.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Turkeys.

13. What animal do the men say the dirt will make spot on Yank like?
(a) A zebra.
(b) A cougar.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A dalmation.

14. What gives enough light to create shadows?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) A gaslight.
(c) A candle.
(d) A light bulb.

15. Where does scene three take place?
(a) The engine room.
(b) The captain's cabin.
(c) The upper deck.
(d) The stokehole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Irish city does Yank mention in the third scene?

2. What kind of weather does Yank tell Paddy he stands for?

3. What does Yank say is the matter with him?

4. What does the author compare the mens' throats to?

5. What does Paddy say the engineer told Mildred they roast their workers in?

(see the answer keys)

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