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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dolan asked to do for Roberts?
(a) Cover his chores.
(b) Leave him alone.
(c) Iron his uniform.
(d) Type a letter.

2. What does Roberts tell Doc he spots while on watch the previous night?
(a) A fire on a nearby ship.
(b) A formation of battleships in the distance.
(c) Storm clouds fast approaching.
(d) An unlucky omen.

3. 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 thinks that they are equally important.
(b) He sees the battleship's role as less important.
(c) He believes that both ships are inferior to the role of airplanes.
(d) He sees the cargo ship's role as being inferior.

4. What order does the captain shout to the men about their shirts?
(a) Shirts are to be worn on deck.
(b) No shirt should have long sleeves.
(c) Only black shirts should be worn.
(d) All shirts should have pockets.

5. What is the first question Roberts' asks Pulver when he gets back to their room?
(a) What Pulver is doing in his locker.
(b) Why it is so hot in the room.
(c) Where the Captain is.
(d) Whether Dolan has brought his letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pulver say he is going to put under the Captain's bed?

2. What are Pulver, Doc, and Roberts making with Coca Cola, medication, alcohol, and iodine?

3. How long has it been since the sailors have had a vacation?

4. What paper is Roberts holding in his hand when he runs into the doctor early in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. Besides the nearby island, on what does Dowdy comment when he first joins Roberts?

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