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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 is the name of the officer who reprimands Captain Queeg?
(a) Captain Hope.
(b) Captain Grace.
(c) Captain Faith.
(d) Captain Mercy.

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

3. Only two people knew the Caine's mission. Who were they?
(a) Maryk and Willie.
(b) Captain Queeg and Keefer.
(c) Captain Queeg and Maryk.
(d) Captain Queeg and Willie.

4. What is the third set of orders the Caine receives after Queeg takes command?
(a) They are to go stateside for an overhaul.
(b) They are to go to DMS training in San Diego.
(c) They are to do rigorous target training near Pearl.
(d) They are to head to the Marshall Islands.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What was the Caine supposed to escort on its mission?

3. Which of the new officers aboard the Caine is only in the Navy because his mother owns a Boston shipyard?

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

5. What is "Chadan"?

(see the answer key)

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