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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) Goethe's "Faust."
(b) "On a Destroyer's Bridge."
(c) "Moby Dick."
(d) One of Captain de Vriess' mysteries.

2. What is Willie's first assignment for his officers' qualification course?
(a) To make two sketches of the Caine.
(b) To list every man assigned to the ship.
(c) To write an essay on the history of the ship.
(d) To assemble and disassemble his rifle.

3. Who aboard the Caine adopts a huge crab?
(a) Stilwell.
(b) Whittaker.
(c) Keefer.
(d) Paynter.

4. What was the Caine supposed to escort on its mission?
(a) Small groups of Navy seals.
(b) Destroyers.
(c) Battleships.
(d) LVTs.

5. After a particularly cowardly performance by Queeg, Keefer calls him a what?
(a) Despicable.
(b) Poltroon.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Yellow-bellied coward.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the officer who reprimands Captain Queeg?

3. Who tells Willie that the mess boys ate the strawberries?

4. Only two people knew the Caine's mission. Who were they?

5. What is the name of the typhoon approaching the Caine in Chapter 27?

(see the answer key)

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