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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27, "The Search".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Caine lose on its very first target towing duty trip?
(a) A target.
(b) The manual for the bridge.
(c) Its anchor.
(d) The boatswain.

2. Willie starts obsessing about what one night during watch in Chapter 24?
(a) A monogrammed coffee mug.
(b) An ice cream scoop.
(c) May.
(d) His father.

3. Where is the Caine anchored when Captain Queeg begins his search?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Fiji.
(c) The Marshalls.
(d) Guam.

4. Which yeoman reports that the mess boys ate the strawberries?
(a) Smith.
(b) Volk.
(c) Jellybelly.
(d) Whittaker.

5. In Chapter 24, Queeg set his sights on a sailor other than Stilwell. Who is it?
(a) Willie.
(b) Maryk.
(c) Jellybelly.
(d) Horrible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third set of orders the Caine receives after Queeg takes command?

2. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?

3. Who aboard the Caine adopts a huge crab?

4. What does Willie do to punish himself for not recognizing his ship when he first sees her?

5. Maryk wants to turn in Queeg under which article?

(see the answer key)

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