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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, "The Best Goddamned Target-Towing Ship" | Chapter 14, "Queeg on the Carpet".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Chadan"?
(a) It's a Navy word for deck duty.
(b) It's the name of Tom's roommate.
(c) It means time to eat or chow down.
(d) It means the captain's coming.

2. Willie's father dies from what?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) An infection.
(c) Melanoma.
(d) Lung cancer.

3. Which game do Willie and Keggs play aboard the Moulton?
(a) Parcheesi.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Gin rummy.
(d) Chess.

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

5. 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) 105 degrees.
(b) The same as it is on deck.
(c) 75 degrees.
(d) 89 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Willie attend college?

2. What is the name of Keefer's date?

3. What does Keith have to do to retrieve his gun's spring?

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

5. How many midshipmen gather for the review of the troops?

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