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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Roberts seem to view the cargo ship's role in the war compared with a battleship's role in the war?
(a) He sees the battleship's role as less important.
(b) He believes that both ships are inferior to the role of airplanes.
(c) He thinks that they are equally important.
(d) He sees the cargo ship's role as being inferior.

2. Who tells the sailors that it is time to start their daily work?
(a) Doc.
(b) Roberts.
(c) Pulver.
(d) Dowdy.

3. Because it is so hot, what happens while the sailors are unloading cargo?
(a) A sailor passes out.
(b) Some of the sailors jump into the sea for a swim.
(c) A sailor has an asthma attack.
(d) Some of the food goes bad.

4. In what geographical location are the sailors having their liberty?
(a) Japan.
(b) The North Atlantic.
(c) The Caribbean.
(d) Polynesia.

5. Why can't Pulver have lunch with the Captain?
(a) He is on watch for the afternoon.
(b) The Captain has ordered him to his barracks.
(c) He has to go to the hospital on the island.
(d) He has to finish his chores.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Miss Girard say the nurses have been talking?

2. What warning phrase do the sailors shout when spying on the women showering?

3. At the beginning of the play, with which shipmate is Roberts talking?

4. Which of the following does Roberts not say about Pulver?

5. What does Roberts pick up at the end of Act 1, Scene 4?

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