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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. When the Caine is finally ready to go out in open waters with its new captain, what book does Captain Queeg bring with him to the bridge?
(a) One of Captain de Vriess' mysteries.
(b) Goethe's "Faust."
(c) "On a Destroyer's Bridge."
(d) "Moby Dick."

2. Willie is assigned a bunk in the clip shack, a metal box on the main deck. How hot is it in the clip shack?
(a) The same as it is on deck.
(b) 75 degrees.
(c) 89 degrees.
(d) 105 degrees.

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

4. What is the name of the typhoon approaching the Caine in Chapter 27?
(a) Typhoon Camille.
(b) Typhoon Charlie.
(c) Typhoon William.
(d) Typhoon Robert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many keys does Willie take to the captain after Willie interviews all the men in his department?

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

3. In Chapter 19, the Caine is sent to help capture what island?

4. When Queeg panics in the fog, how many times does he circle the bridge?

5. Who disagrees with Queeg's handling of the attack of the Stanfield?

(see the answer key)

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